Obituary: Reverend Monsignor William J. Foley
By: The Good Newsroom
Monsignor Foley, the pastor emeritus of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Stony Point, entered eternal life on January 27, 2024, at age 82
The Reverend Monsignor William J. Foley, pastor emeritus of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Stony Point, entered eternal life on January 27, 2024, at age 82.
Born on September 2, 1941, in New York City, Monsignor Foley attended Holy Name School in Manhattan Valley. He attended St. Joseph’s Seminary and was ordained as a priest on May 27, 1967.
Monsignor Foley was parochial vicar at St. Brendan, the Bronx, and St. Francis de Sales, Manhattan, 1975-1984, and St. Joseph’s, Bronxville, 1984. He then served as pastor of St. John’s, Kingsbridge, the Bronx, 1984-1994; St. Augustine, New City, 1994-2006; St. Margaret of Cortona, the Bronx, 2006-2007; and pastor of Immaculate Conception, Stony Point, from 2007 to 2015. He retired in November 2015. He was named a monsignor in 1995.
RECEPTION OF THE BODY AND WAKE ⦁ LYING IN REPOSE
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
5:30 to 7 p.m.
Church of St. Augustine
140 Maple Avenue
New City, New York 10956
845-634-3641
Entrusted to the care of the Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, Bronx
PARISH REQUIEM MASS
7 p.m.
The Most Reverend John S. Bonnici, principal celebrant
The Reverend Herbert T. DeGaris, homilist
MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL
February 1, 2024
11 a.m. [Wake at 9:45]
Main Chapel of the John Cardinal O’Connor Pavilion
5655 Arlington Avenue
Riverdale, NY 10471
718-581-0070
His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan, principal celebrant
The Reverend Eric P. Raaser, homilist
INTERMENT
Calvary Cemetery, Woodside
+REQUIESCAT IN PACE+
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