Michael Campbell (bishop)
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| diocese = Lancaster
| see = Lancaster
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| appointed =12 February 2008 (Coadjutor)
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| predecessor = Patrick O’Donoghue
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| successor = Paul Swarbrick
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| ordination = 16 September 1971
| ordained_by = Thomas Bernard Pearson
| consecration =31 March 2008
| consecrated_by = Patrick O’Donoghue
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| birth_place = Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
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| previous_post = Coadjutor bishop of Lancaster (2008-2009)
| alma_mater = University College Dublin
King's College London
| motto = Ecce nova facio omnia
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Michael Gregory Campbell OSA (born 2 October 1941) is an Augustinian friar and biblical scholar. He is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as the Bishop of Lancaster in England from 2009 to 2018.
Life
Campbell was born in Larne, County Antrim, in Northern Ireland, in 1941 and entered the Order of St. Augustine around 1960. He was educated at University College, Dublin (BA) and King's College London (MA Biblical Studies). He professed solemn religious vows as a full and permanent member of the Order on 17 September 1966.{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcampm.html|work=Catholic Hierarchy|title=Bishop Michael Gregory Campbell, O.S.A.}} He was ordained as a Catholic priest at the chapel of Austin Friars School in the city of Carlisle on 16 September 1971.{{cite web|url=http://www.augustinians.org.uk/who-we-are/around-our-parishes/around-our-parishes-october-2011|work=The Augustinian Friars in Britain|title=Around Our Parishes October 2011: and Forty Years On ...|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505040705/http://www.augustinians.org.uk/who-we-are/around-our-parishes/around-our-parishes-october-2011|archivedate=2015-05-05}}
In 2008, Campbell was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as the coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster. He was consecrated by Patrick O'Donoghue, Bishop of Lancaster. He succeeded O'Donoghue on 1 May 2009.{{fact|date=February 2022}}
On his 75th birthday in October 2016, in accordance with the Catholic Church's guidelines, Campbell submitted his resignation to the Vatican which was accepted by Pope Francis. Campbell has stated he will stay in office until a successor is appointed. In 2018, he was succeeded as Bishop of Lancaster by Paul Swarbrick.{{cite news |last1=Gledhill |first1=Ruth |title=Pope Francis appoints Canon Paul Swarbrick as new Bishop of Lancaster |url=http://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2018/02/12/bishop-of-lancaster-paul-swarbrick/ |accessdate=9 July 2018 |work=Catholic Herald |date=12 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124040724/http://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2018/02/12/bishop-of-lancaster-paul-swarbrick/ |archive-date=24 November 2018 |url-status=dead }}
Works
- A Shoot from the Stock of Jesse (2006)
- Mary, Woman of Prayer (2007)
- A Time to Seek the Lord (2008)
- The Greatest of These is Love (2008)
- The Way of the Cross with Saint Paul (2009)
- You will be My Witnesses (2011)
References
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- [http://www.thevisitor.co.uk/moretopnews/Next-RC-Bishop-of-Lancaster.3768873.jp Morecambe Today]
- [http://www.lancasterdiocese.org.uk/Groups/154613/The_Diocese_of/Our_Bishop/Bishops_Blog/Bishops_Blog.aspx Michael Campbell's Blog]
External links
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- [http://www.stpauls.org.uk/ St.Paul's]
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Category:Alumni of King's College London
Category:Alumni of University College Dublin
Category:English biblical scholars
Category:Roman Catholic biblical scholars
Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Lancaster