Bishop Frederick F. Campbell was born August 5, 1943, in Elmira, New York. He graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. degree in History and Foreign Language from Saint Lawrence University in Canton, New York, in 1964, and obtained an M.A. Degree in History in 1967 and a Ph.D. in History in 1973 from Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Prior to entering the seminary, he served as a history teacher at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Worthington, Ohio, from 1967-1969, and as an assistant professor of history at California State College in San Bernardino, California, from 1970-1976.

From 1976-1980, Campbell studied at the Saint Paul Seminary, Saint Paul, and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis by Most Reverend John R. Roach at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, Saint Paul, on May 31, 1980. From 1980-1987, then-Father Campbell served as Associate Pastor at the Church of Saint Charles Borromeo, Saint Anthony, Minnesota. From 1987-1994, he served as Pastor at the Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Hopkins, Minnesota, and from 1991-1994 as Canonical Administrator at John Ireland School, Hopkins. In 1994, then-Father Campbell was appointed as Pastor to the Church of Saint Joseph, West Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he served through 1999.

On March 2, 1999, then-Father Campbell was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. On May 14, 1999, he was ordained Bishop at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, Saint Paul.

As of June 1, 2002, Bishop Campbell will begin service as Rector and Vice President of the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity of the University of St. Thomas. He currently serves on the Saint Paul Seminary Board of Trustees, Saint Paul; on the Saint Thomas Academy Board of Directors, Saint Paul; on the Saint Bernard Board of Directors, Saint Paul; and on the Benilde-St. Margaret Board of Directors, Golden Valley. Bishop Campbell also serves on the Archdiocesan Bio-Medical Ethics Commission and the Archdiocese's Commission on the Mission in Venezuela.

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