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Patrick Foley
Dr. Patrick Foley is a well-known Catholic historian, with numerous publications and other scholarly activities. He is editor emeritus of Catholic Southwest: A Journal of History a...view moreDr. Patrick Foley is a well-known Catholic historian, with numerous publications and other scholarly activities. He is editor emeritus of Catholic Southwest: A Journal of History and Culture; serves on the editorial board of Boletin, journal of the California Mission Studies Association; and is consulting editor for the Catholic Social Science Review. Among his approximately 140 publications are three books on Catholic history, forty-four contributions to books; forty-five articles; and almost fifty book reviews. He wrote the official essay on the history of the Church in Texas, which was sent to Pope John Paul II for his study in preparing for his 1987 pastoral visit to Texas; he was awarded a papal medallion for the effort. Among his many other awards, Dr. Foley, on 20 April 2006, received the Texas Historical Foundation's "Journalistic Achievement Award of Merit for Excellence in Print Media." He was named a Fellow of the Texas Catholic Historical Society in 1990; a Fellow of the Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University in 1997; and in 1995 he received the Texas Catholic Historical Society's distinguished Carlos Eduardo Castaneda Award.
Currently retired as Professor Emeritus from Tarrant County College in Fort Worth, he is an adjunct professor of Columbia College of Missouri, where he teaches, among other subjects, the senior level History of Christianity courses. In the past Dr. Foley has served on the faculties of the University of San Francisco; Chaminade University of Hawaii; the College of Notre Dame, Belmont, California; the College of Santa Fe in New Mexico; the College of Saint Thomas More in Fort Worth; and the University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Foley earned his B.A. in history from Chico State College in California, his M.A. in history from Santa Clara University, and his Ph.D. in history from the University of New Mexico.view less