Francis Campbell
| Francis Campbell | |
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| Vice Chancellor of St Mary's University, Twickenham | |
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Assumed office 2014 |
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| Chancellor | Vincent Nichols |
| Succeeded by | Philip Barton |
| Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan | |
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In office 2011–2013 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| British Ambassador to the Holy See |
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In office December 2005 – January 2011 |
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| Prime Minister |
Gordon Brown David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Kathryn Colvin, CVO |
| Succeeded by | Nigel Baker |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Francis Martin-Xavier Campbell 20 April 1970 Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Alma mater | KU Leuven |
Francis Martin-Xavier Campbell (born 20 April 1970, Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland) is a British diplomat and academic. Since 2014, he has been Vice-Chancellor of St Mary's University, Twickenham, London. From 2005 to 2011, he was the British Ambassador to the Holy See.
A native of Rathfriland, Campbell was born on a farm near the border and was the youngest of four boys. Campbell was educated at St Colman's College, Newry. After St Colman's he attended St Joseph's Seminary in Belfast, part of the philosophy faculty at Queens University Belfast and attended postgraduate studies at the KU Leuven, where he considered the priesthood. He attended the University of Pennsylvania on a Thouron Award Fellowship.
He was a lector at Westminster Cathedral, and, at one time, was an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion. In 2010, “The Tablet” named him as one of Britain’s most influential Roman Catholics.
Campbell joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1997, aged 27. His early career focused on Europe with postings to the European Enlargement Unit of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and secondment to the European Commission, as part of its Delegation to the United Nations in New York.
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