His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Roy Edward Campbell, Jr.
Auxiliary Bishop of Washington
Auxiliary Bishop Campbell (2019)
SeeArchdiocese of Washington
AppointedMarch 8, 2017
InstalledApril 21, 2017
Orders
OrdinationMay 26, 2007
by Donald Wuerl
ConsecrationApril 21, 2017
by Donald Wuerl, Martin Holley, and Barry Christopher Knestout
Personal details
Born (1947-11-19) November 19, 1947
Pomonkey, Maryland, US
MottoDo whatever He tells you
Styles of
Roy Edward Campbell
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

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 an age exception for Bishop Campbell in his discernment of his call to the holy priesthood."[1]

Auxiliary Bishop of Washington

Pope Francis appointed Campbell as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Washington on March 8, 2017.[2][3] On April 21, 2017, Campbell was consecrated as a bishop by Cardinal Wuerl.[4] 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.[1]

On March 21, 2019, Campbell was elected president of the National Black Catholic Congress (NBCC), succeeding Bishop John Ricard.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Auxiliary Bishops". Archdiocese of Washington website. Archived from the original on November 2, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Pope Names Priest as New Auxiliary Bishop of Washington". Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Bishop-elect Roy Edward Campbell, Jr". Archived from the original on March 9, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  4. ↑ Zimmermann, Mark (21 April 2017). "Bishop Roy Campbell ordained as auxiliary bishop for Washington". Archdiocese of Washington. Catholic Standard. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  5. ↑ Szczepanowski, Richard (21 March 2019). "Bishop Campbell elected president of the National Black Catholic Congress". Catholic Standard. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

Episcopal succession


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