Vatican City, Oct 13, 2004 / 22:00 pm
Pope John Paul II has appointed three new bishops to lead the U.S. dioceses of Columbus, Grand Island, and Harrisburg.
Bishop Frederick Francis Campell, auxiliary of St. Paul and Minneapolis, U.S.A., was appointed as bishop of Columbus.
Bishop Campbell was born on August 5 1943 at Elmira (New York). He graduated in History at Ohio State University and joined the St. Paul Seminary at Saint Paul (Minnesota) in 1976.
He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis on May 31, 1980. He has been Vicar of St. Charles Borromeo parish in Minneapolis (1980-1987); Pastor of St. John at Hopkins (1987-1994); Pastor of St. Joseph at West Saint Paul (1994-1999). He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul on March 2,1999.