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Fr. Bernard Campbell, C.S.P.

Paulist Fr. Bernard J. Campbell is a senior priest who leads parish missions.

His current parish mission is called "Will our Faith Have Children?"

Fr. Campbell is a native of the Bronx, where he attended Holy Spirit Parish and School.

He entered the Paulist novitiate in 1961 and made his first promises on September 8, 1962.

He earned his undergraduate degree and an M.A. in Theology from St. Paul’s College, the Paulist seminary in Washington, D.C., which was then a degree-granting institution.

He was ordained a priest by Archbishop John Maguire on April 27, 1968,

(Listen to an audio reflection recorded on the 50th anniversary of his ordination.)

Fr. Campbell spent more than 30 years as a Catholic campus minister, serving at the University of California at Berkeley; the University of California at San Diego; the University of Texas at Austin; Clemson University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He also served as pastor of St. Paul the Apostle Church in Horseshoe Bay, TX; associate pastor of the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Grand Rapids, MI; and associate pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic American Parish in Rome, Italy.

He can be reached at [email protected] or (864) 506-0481.

You may also find photos from his life and ministry on Pinterest.


A video profile of Fr. Campbell created in 2018:


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