Roy Edward Campbell facts for kids
Quick facts for kids His Excellency, The Most Reverend Roy Edward Campbell, Jr. |
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Auxiliary Bishop of Washington | |
Auxiliary Bishop Campbell (2019)
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See | Archdiocese of Washington |
Appointed | March 8, 2017 |
Enthroned | April 21, 2017 |
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Ordination | May 26, 2007 |
Consecration | April 21, 2017 by Donald Wuerl, Martin Holley, and Barry Christopher Knestout |
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Born | Pomonkey, Maryland, US |
November 19, 1947
Motto | Do whatever He tells you |
Styles of Roy Edward Campbell |
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Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Roy Edward Campbell, Jr. (born November 19, 1947) is an African-American prelate of the Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Washington since 2017.
Biography
Priesthood
Roy Campbell was born on November 19, 1947, in Pomonkey, Maryland. On May 26, 2007, he was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Washington by Cardinal Donald Wuerl. Materials published by the Archdiocese of Washington credit former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick with "guid[ing] Bishop Campbell through his discernment of his call to the holy priesthood."
Auxiliary Bishop of Washington
Pope Francis appointed Campbell as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Washington on March 8, 2017. On April 21, 2017, Campbell was consecrated as a bishop by Cardinal Wuerl. Campbell's episcopal coat of arms contains a lion derived from McCarrick's coat of arms and a tower derived from Wuerl's coat of arms.
On March 21, 2019, Campbell was elected president of the National Black Catholic Congress (NBCC), succeeding Bishop John Ricard.
See also
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- List of Catholic bishops of the United States
- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
Episcopal succession
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Preceded by - |
Auxiliary Bishop of Washington 2017-Present |
Succeeded by - |