A group of boys with Fr. Leo Foley at Yongfu, China, 1938.

• Main Author: Keelan, Fr.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: University of Southern California Digital Library (USC.DL) 2012
• Subjects: Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America; group portraits; Clergy; Missionary work; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3747; https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/asset-management/2A3BF1AMCJ_L

This is a photograph of a group of boys with their former pastor, Fr. Leo Foley.; Born in Newfoundland, Fr. Foley was employed by the Canadian Postal Service and later, as a member of the Newfoundland Regiment saw action in France during the First World War. In 1920 he came to the United States and was employed by the Edison Company of Boston. He entered Maryknoll in 1923 and was ordained to the priesthood on June 5, 1932. In July of the same year he was assigned to Wuchow, China as one of the pioneers of the mission. Having completed his language studies, he worked in various parishes in the territory. In 1937, he was diagnosed with typhoid fever and subsequently died. He is buried in the Maryknoll cemetery outside the city of Kweilin in China.