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Bishop Colin David Campbell
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Born	(1941-09-21)21 September 1941 Otautau New Zealand

Colin David Campbell (born 21 September 1941) is the Sixth Catholic Bishop of Dunedin (2004-). He was born at Otautau, Southland on 21 September 1941 and was educated at St Therese's Convent School, Invercargill (Order of St Dominic|Dominican sisters]]) and at Marist Brothers' Primary and Marist Brothers' High Schools, Invercargill before training as a priest at Holy Name Seminary, Christchurch and Holy Cross College, Mosgiel. He carried out further studies in London and Trier, Germany. He has a B.A. degree from Massey University. Campbell was ordained a priest in Dunedin by Bishop Kavanagh on 27 June 1966. He was Assistant Priest at St. Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin]] and at Tainui in 1967, in Mornington 1970-1972, back at the Cathedral in 1972, in Invercargill 1973-1977, and in Georgetown Georgetown 1977-1979. He was Parish Priest in Bluff 1979-1986, at the Cathedral 1986-1992, at Green Island 1992-1995, at Waikiwi 1995-2000 and Rector, at Holy Cross Seminary, Auckland 2001-2004. He was ordained Bishop for the Dunedin Diocese by his predecessor, Leonard Anthony Boyle at Dunedin's Town Hall on 9 July 2004

References

• The Catholic Diocese of Dunedin website, Bishop of Dunedin Most Reverend Colin David Campbell DD (Retrieved 18 January 2011)
• Bishop Colin David Campbell, Catholic Hierarchy website (Retrieved 18 January 2011)