Vincent Foy
Vincent Nicholas Foy (14 August 1915 – 13 March 2017) was a Canadian Roman Catholic cleric and theologian.
Vincent Foy | |
|---|---|
| Born | Vincent Nicholas Foy 14 August 1915 |
| Died | 13 March 2017 (aged 101) |
| Religion | Christianity (Roman Catholic) |
| Church | Latin Church |
| Ordained | 1939 |
| Website | msgrfoy |
He consistently wrote and taught on the intrinsic evil of artificial contraception, and strongly upheld Pope Paul VI's encyclical Humanae vitae when the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops issued the Winnipeg Statement.
He was the head of Toronto's archdiocesan marriage tribunal. Foy died in March 2017 at the age of 101.[1]
Bibliography
- Did Pope Paul Approve the Winnipeg Statement: A Search for Truth, Life Ethics Information Centre, Toronto (1997)
References
- Swan, Michael (14 March 2017). ""Msgr. Vincent Foy, longest-serving priest in Toronto Archdiocese, dies at 101"". Catholic Register.
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