Donald Campbell (bishop)

Coat of Arms of Archbishop Donald Alphonsus Campbell

Donald Alphonsus Campbell (1894–1963) was a Scottish prelate who served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow from 1945 to 1963.^[1]

Born in Bohunhin, Glen Roy, Inverness-shire on 8 December 1894, he was ordained to the priesthood on 3 April 1920. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles by the Holy See on 5 October 1939, and consecrated to the Episcopate on 14 December 1939. The principal consecrator was Archbishop Andrew Thomas McDonald of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop George Henry Bennett of Aberdeen and Bishop William Henry Mellon of Galloway.^[1]

Six years later, he was translated to the Metropolitan see of Glasgow as archbishop on 6 January 1945.^[1] In 1952, Archbishop Campbell described Marshal Tito as a "modern Nero".^[2] He attended the first session of the Second Vatican Council in 1962.^[1]

He died in office on 22 July 1963, aged 68.^[1]

References

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1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Archbishop Donald Alphonsus Campbell at Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved on 5 October 2010.
2. ^ "The Guest of Dishonor". TIME Magazine. 29 December 1952. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822562,00.html. 

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Donald Martin	Bishop of Argyll and the Isles 1939–1945	Succeeded by Kenneth Grant
Preceded by Donald Mackintosh	Archbishop of Glasgow 1945–1963	Succeeded by James Donald Scanlan

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Name	Campbell, Donald Alphonsus
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Date of birth	1894
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Date of death	1963
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