Donald Campbell (bishop)
The Most Reverend Donald Alphonsus Campbell | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Glasgow | |
| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Glasgow |
| Appointed | 6 January 1945 |
| In office | 1945-1963 |
| Predecessor | Donald Mackintosh |
| Successor | James Scanlan |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 3 April 1920 |
| Consecration | 14 December 1939 by Andrew McDonald |
| Rank | Metropolitan Archbishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 December 1894 |
| Died | 22 July 1963 (aged 68) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Argyll and The Isles (1939-1945) |
| Coat of arms |  |
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
- ^ a b c d e "Archbishop Donald Alphonsus Campbell". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ^ "The Guest of Dishonor". TIME Magazine. 29 December 1952.