Donald Alphonsus Campbell (1894–1963) was a

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who served as the

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from 1945 to 1963.

Life

Born in

Bohuntine Bohuntine ( gd, Both Fhionndain) is a settlement located close to Roybridge, in Lochaber, within the Scottish Highlands, and is in the Highland Council area. History The first tacksman of Bohuntine, Iain Dubh MacDhòmhnaill, was born illegitim ...

Glen Roy Glen Roy ( gd, Gleann Ruaidh, meaning "red glen") in the Lochaber area of the Highlands of Scotland is a glen noted for the geological phenomenon of three loch terraces known as the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy. The terraces formed along the ...

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on 8 December 1894, he was

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to the priesthood on 3 April 1920.McHugh, Mary. "The Glasgow Diocesan Archive", ''Catholic Archives'', No.5, 1985, p. 26
/ref> Campbell's first assignment was at

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. From there he went to

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, and later to the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles, where he served as assistant at

Rothesay Rothesay ( ; gd, Baile Bhòid ) is the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies along the coast of the Firth of Clyde. It can be reached by ferry from Wemyss Bay, which offers an onward rail ...

and

Roybridge Roybridge (Scottish Gaelic: ''Drochaid Ruaidh'', "the bridge over the Roy") is a small village, that lies at the confluence of the rivers River Roy and River Spean, located east of Spean Bridge, in Kilmonivaig Parish, Inverness-shire, Scottish ...

before being appointed parish priest at

Castlebay Castlebay ( gd, Bàgh a' Chaisteil) is the main village and a community council area on the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The village is located on the south coast of the island, and overlooks a bay in the Atlantic Ocean domi ...

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, and later at

Daliburgh Daliburgh ( gd, Dalabrog) is a crofting township on South Uist, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Daliburgh is situated west from Lochboisdale, has the second largest population of any township in South Uist, and is also in the parish of South Ui ...

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. Campbell was appointed

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of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles by the

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on 5 October 1939, succeeding a kinsman, Bishop Donald Martin. He was

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to the

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on 14 December 1939. The principal

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was Archbishop

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of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop

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of Aberdeen and Bishop

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of Galloway. Six years later, he was

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to the Metropolitan see of Glasgow as archbishop on 6 January 1945. St. Peter's College, the diocesan seminary burned down in 1946; Campbell later participated in the ground-breaking for its successor,

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. He also participated in laying the foundation stone for the new Scots College in Rome. The suffragan sees of

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

and Paisley were created from Glasgow in 1948, thus making the archdiocese a metropolitan see. In 1952, Archbishop Campbell described

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as a "modern

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". He attended the first session of the

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in 1962. Campbell died at the age of 68 on 22 July 1963, at while leading the annual diocesan pilgrimage to

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Donald Alphonsus 1894 births 1963 deaths Roman Catholic archbishops of Glasgow Participants in the Second Vatican Council People from Argyll and Bute Roman Catholic bishops of Argyll and the Isles 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the United Kingdom