Archbishop William Joseph Foley †

Deceased

Archbishop of Perth, Australia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jun 1931		Born
12 Sep 1954	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Perth, Australia
13 Jul 1981	50.0	Appointed	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia
9 Sep 1981	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia
26 Oct 1983	52.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Perth, Australia
14 Dec 1983	52.4	Installed	Archbishop of Perth, Australia
10 Feb 1991	59.6	Died	Archbishop of Perth, Australia

MicroData Summary
William Joseph Foley
Archbishop William Joseph Foley
(born 20 Jun 1931, died 10 Feb 1991)
Archbishop of Perth

Event Place
Birth Place Nedlands
Ordained Bishop St. Francis Xavier, Geraldton, Diocese of Geraldton

a priest for 36.4 years
a bishop for 9.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Launcelot John Goody †
Titular Bishop of Abydus
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Francis Xavier Thomas †
Bishop Emeritus of Geraldton
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Launcelot John Goody †
Archbishop of Perth
Bishop Johannes (John) Jobst, S.A.C. †
Bishop of Broome

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francis Xavier Thomas † (1962)
Bishop Emeritus of Geraldton
Bishop Bernard Denis Stewart † (1947)
Bishop of Sandhurst
Archbishop Justin Daniel Simonds † (1937)
Titular Archbishop of Antinoë
Archbishop Giovanni Panico † (1935)
Titular Archbishop of Iustiniana Prima
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Barry James Hickey (1984)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q8009187

Source(s):

c1: AustOceaniaBishops.org
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 129
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 70, Number 5,589

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