Graham Foley Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Rt Revd
Graham Foley
Bishop of Reading
Diocese:Diocese of Oxford
Term:1982–1989
Predecessor:Eric Wild
Successor:John Bone
Other Post:Area bishop of Reading (1984–1989)
Honorary assistant bishop in York (1989–2007)
Ordination: (deacon); 1951 (priest)
Consecration:1982
Birth Date:13 June 1923
Birth Place:Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, England
Religion:Anglican
Parents:Theodore & Cessan Page
Spouse:Florence Redman (m. 1944)
Children:2 sons; 2 daughters
Alma Mater:King's College London

Ronald Graham Gregory Foley (13 June 1923 – 30 July 2017)[1] was an Anglican clergyman who was Bishop of Reading from 1982[2] to 1989 and the first area bishop under Oxford diocese's 1984 area scheme.[3]

Foley was educated at Wakefield Grammar, King Edward VI Aston[4] and King's College London. Ordained in 1951, he began his career with a curacy at South Shore, Blackpool[5] after which he was Vicar of St Luke, Blackburn. In 1960, he became Director of Education for the Diocese of Durham followed by a decade at Leeds Parish Church and his final appointment (before his elevation to the episcopate) was as a chaplain to Elizabeth II. In retirement he has served the Church as an honorary assistant bishop within the Diocese of York[6] – he lives in the diocese 'til his death, but his commission as a bishop there reportedly ended in 2007. Foley died in July 2017 at the age of 94.[7]

References

  1. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-16015?rskey=GtPWEq&result=1 Foley, Rt Rev. (Ronald) Graham (Gregory), (13 June 1923–30 July 2017), appointed Bishop Suffragan of Reading, 1982, Area Bishop, 1985, retired 1989; Assistant Bishop, Diocese of York, 1989–2007
  2. [The Times]
  3. Web site: 4: The Dioceses Commission, 1978–2002. Church of England. 23 April 2013. 7 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120607020502/http://www.churchofengland.org/media/40670/chapter4.pdf. dead.
  4. ‘FOLEY, Rt Rev. (Ronald) Graham (Gregory)’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U16015, accessed 4 July 2012
  5. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  6. http://www.dioceseofyork.org.uk/files/adminandinfo420-3.pdf Diocese of York Prayer Calendar
  7. https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/obituaries/rt-rev-graham-foley-former-vicar-of-leeds-and-bishop-of-reading-1-8684010Rt Rev Graham Foley, former Vicar of Leeds and Bishop of Reading