Roy Edward Campbell facts for kids

Quick facts for kids His Excellency, The Most Reverend Roy Edward Campbell, Jr.
Auxiliary Bishop of Washington
Auxiliary Bishop Campbell (2019)
See	Archdiocese of Washington
Appointed	March 8, 2017
Enthroned	April 21, 2017
Orders
Ordination	May 26, 2007
Consecration	April 21, 2017 by Donald Wuerl, Martin Holley, and Barry Christopher Knestout
Personal details
Born	(1947-11-19) November 19, 1947 (age 76) Pomonkey, Maryland, US
Motto	Do whatever He tells you

Styles of Roy Edward Campbell
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

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 "guid[ing] Bishop Campbell through his discernment of his call to the holy priesthood."

Auxiliary Bishop of Washington

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

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

See also

Episcopal succession