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

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Foley was born in 1858 at Mensal Lodge,

Old Leighlin Old Leighlin (), also Oldleighlin, is a village, civil parish and townland in County Carlow, Ireland. The village is west of Leighlinbridge. The site was at one time one of the foremost monastic houses in Leinster, with 1,500 monks in residen ...

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, 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. He graduated with a B.A. from the

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Carlow College being affiliated to it at the time. 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

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. 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. In 1895, he was appointed coadjutor of the

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and one year later, upon on the death of Bishop 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.Kildare and Leighlin: New Advent website
newadvent.org; accessed 17 November 2014. He died in 1929 and is buried in the grounds of the Cathedral of the Assumption,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Foley, Patrick 1858 births 1926 deaths 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland Christian clergy from County Carlow Alumni of Carlow College

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