{{Short description|Roman Catholic bishop (1858–1926)}} {{About|the Christian leader|the Irish politician|Patrick James Foley|the musician|As It Is (band)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific-prefix = Most Reverend Dr. | name = Patrick Foley | honorific-suffix = | title = Bishop in Kildare and Leighlin | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | church = | archdiocese = | province = Kildare | diocese = Kildare and Leighlin | term_start = 1896 | quashed = | term_end = 1926 (his death) | predecessor = Rev [[James Lynch (bishop of Kildare and Leighlin)|James Lynch, CM]] | successor = Dr [[Matthew Cullen (bishop)|Matthew Cullen]] | ordination = 1881 | birth_date = 8 March 1858<ref name="whoswho">{{cite book |title=Who's Who |date=1910 |publisher=A. & C. Black |page=1900 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YE8LrmCx9rMC&pg=PA1900 |accessdate=4 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Old Leighlin]], [[County Carlow]], Ireland | death_date = 24 July 1926<ref>''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995''</ref> | death_place = [[Carlow]], County Carlow, Ireland | nationality = Irish | religion = Roman Catholic | previous_post = President, [[St. Patrick's, Carlow College|Carlow College]] | alma_mater = [[St. Patrick's, Carlow College|Carlow College]] }}

'''Patrick Foley''' (8 March 1858 – 24 July 1926) was a Roman Catholic professor, priest and [[Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin]].

==Biography== Foley was born in 1858 at Mensal Lodge, [[Old Leighlin]], [[County Carlow]], the fourth son of Patrick Foley and Mary Delaney. He was educated initially at Leighlinbridge National School, then at the Lay College and the Seminary of [[St Patrick's, Carlow College]].<ref name="whoswho"/> He graduated with a B.A. from the [[University of London]] Carlow College being affiliated to it at the time.<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/Patrick_Foley.htm Bishop Patrick Foley 1857-1926], CatholicIreland.net/rootsweb.ancestry.com; accessed 17 November 2014.</ref>

Following ordination he was appointed professor at Carlow College in 1881. In 1886, he became vice-president and in 1892 President of Carlow College, during his tenure the Seminary expanded and all Lay Students were moved to [[St Mary's Knockbeg College]]. During his time in the College he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Divinity. His successor as President of Carlow College was his brother Monsignor [[John Foley (Monsignor)|John Foley]].<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/delanyarchive/7220374468/ Patrick Foley, Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin, 1895-1926], Delany Archive Flickr Account; accessed 17 November 2014.</ref>

In 1895, he was appointed coadjutor of the [[Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin]] and one year later, upon on the death of Bishop [[James Lynch (bishop of Kildare and Leighlin)|James Lynch]] he was appointed Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin. In 1905, he was appointed commissioner of education. In 1908, he was appointed to the Board of the National University in Dublin.<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08637a.htm Kildare and Leighlin: New Advent website], newadvent.org; accessed 17 November 2014.</ref> He died in 1926 and is buried in the grounds of the Cathedral of the Assumption, [[Carlow, Ireland|Carlow]].

==See also== *[[Catholic Church in Ireland]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{cite TIWW |article= Kildare and Leighlin, Bishop of |page=125 }}

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