His Excellency, The Most Reverend Frederick Francis Campbell |
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Bishop of Columbus | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Cincinnati |
Diocese | Columbus |
Appointed | October 14, 2004 |
Installed | January 13, 2005 |
Predecessor | James Anthony Griffin |
Orders | |
Ordination | May 31, 1980 by John Roach |
Consecration | May 14, 1999 by Harry Joseph Flynn, John Roach, and Joseph Charron |
Personal details | |
Born |
Elmira, New York |
August 5, 1943
Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis (1999-2005) |
Styles of Frederick Francis Campbell |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Frederick Francis Campbell (born August 5, 1943) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the eleventh and current Bishop of Columbus.
The second of six children, Frederick Campbell was born in Elmira, New York, to Edward and Dorothy Campbell. He studied at St. Lawrence University in Canton, from where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in History and Foreign Language magna cum laude in 1965, and at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, earning a Master's (1967) and later doctorate (1973) in History.
From 1967 to 1969, Campbell taught at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus. He then served as an assistant professor of history at California State University in San Bernardino, California, from 1970 to 1976. Deciding to pursue the priesthood, he entered St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1976.