Very Rev. James Canon Foley
Very Rev. James Canon Foley
 1931           Born Glasgow 24 September
1935-1943       St. Bridget’s Primary Baillieston
1943-1946      St. Mary’s Secondary Coatbridge
1946-1948      Our Lady’s High Motherwell
1948-1955Â Â Â Â Â Â Scots College Rome
1955 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Ordained Priest Rome by Archbishop Luigi Traglia
1955-1956Â Â Â Â Â Â Motherwell Cathedral
1956-1959Â Â Â Â Â Â Pontifical Biblical Institute Rome/Jerusalem
1959-1965Â Â Â Â Â Â Ripetitore Scots College Rome
1961-1965Â Â Â Â Â Â Professor Lateran University Rome:Sacred Scipture
1965-1977      St. Peter’s College Glasgow:Dogmatic Theology
1977-1985      St. Mary’s Coatbridge: Parish Priest
1985-2014      St. Augustine’s Coatbridge: Parish Priest
2014-2015      St. Augustine’s Coatbridge: In Residence
2015Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Died in Coatbridge
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