The Most Reverend Frederick F. Campbell, D.D., PH.D., Bishop 2005-Present

Bishop Frederick F. Campbell was born August 5, 1943, in Elmira, New York, the second of six children born to Edward and Dorothy Campbell. He graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. degree in History and Foreign Language from Saint Lawrence University in Canton, New York, in 1965, and earned an M.A. degree in History in 1967, and a Ph.D. in History in 1973 from The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Prior to entering the seminary, he taught history at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, from 1967-1969, and taught as an assistant professor of history at California State College in San Bernardino, California, from 1970-1976.

From 1976-1980, Bishop Campbell studied at the Saint Paul Seminary, Saint Paul. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis by Most Reverend John R. Roach at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, Saint Paul, on May 31, 1980. From 1980-1987, he served as Associate Pastor at the Church of Saint Charles Borromeo, Saint Anthony, Minnesota. From 1987-1994, he served as Pastor at the Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Hopkins, Minnesota, and from 1991-1994, as Canonical Administrator at John Ireland School, Hopkins.

In 1994, he was appointed Pastor of the Church of Saint Joseph, West Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he served through 1999. On March 2, 1999, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. On May 14, 1999, he was consecrated Bishop at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, Saint Paul.

In July 2002, Bishop Campbell began service as Rector and Vice President of the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity of the University of St Thomas. He served on the Saint Paul Seminary Board of Trustees, the Saint Thomas Academy Board of Directors, and the Saint Bernard School Board of Directors, all in St. Paul. Bishop Campbell also served on the Archdiocesan Bio-Medical Ethics Commission and worked with the Office of Marriage and Family Life, the Respect Life Program, and the Office for the Permanent Diaconate.

On October 14, Pope John Paul II announced Bishop Campbell’s appointment as Eleventh Bishop of Columbus, replacing Bishop James A. Griffin, who retired after 21 years of leadership of the Diocese. Bishop Campbell was installed as Bishop of Columbus on January 13, 2005, at the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Columbus.