Charles Allieu Matthew Campbell

The Most Reverend Charles Allieu Matthew Campbell
Bishop of Bo, Sierra Leone
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown
See	Catholic Diocese of Bo
Appointed	15 January 2011
Installed	7 May 2011
Predecessor	None (Diocese erected)
Successor	Incumbent
Orders
Ordination	9 April 1986
Consecration	7 May 2011 by  George Antonysamy
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	Charles Allieu Matthew Campbell (1959-01-02) 2 January 1959 (age 67) Njala, Sierra Leone
Motto	"Fiat Voluntas Tua" (Thy will be done)

Styles of Charles Allieu Matthew Campbell
Reference style	Your Lordship The Most Reverend
Spoken style	His Lordship
Religious style	Bishop

Charles Allieu Matthew Campbell (born 25 January 1961) is a Sierra Leonian Roman Catholic prelate who is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bo in Sierra Leone since January 2011. He was appointed bishop on 15 January 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI. He was consecrated and installed at Bo, Sierra Leone on 7 May 2011. He previously served a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown.

Background and education

He was born on 25 January 1961 in Njala, Kori Chiefdom, in Moyamba District, Archdiocese of Freetown and Bo. He studied philosophy and theology at St Paul's Major Seminary in Gbarnga, Liberia. He was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown and Bo on 9 April 1986. ^{[1] [2]}

Priesthood

He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Freetown and Bo on 9 April 1986. He served in that capacity until 15 January 2011. ^{[1] [2]}

He served in various roles and locations while a priest, including as: ^[2]

• Assistant parish priest in the parishes of Njala, Komboya, Pujehun and Moyamba from 1986 until 1988.
• Director of Vocations at St Augustine Minor Seminary from 1988 until 1998.
• Rector at St Augustine Minor Seminary from 1988 until 1998.
• Advanced studies in Nigeria from 1990 until 1992.
• Parish priest in Damballa Parish from 1992 until 1995.
• Professor at St Paul's Major Seminary in Makeni from 1995 until 2004.
• Course of religious formation at St Anselm's College in England from 2004 until 2006.
• Spiritual Director at St Paul's Major Seminary, Freetown from 2004 until 2011. ^[2]

As bishop

On 15 January 2011, Pope Benedict XVI created the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bo by splitting the erstwhile Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown and Bo into the Diocese of Bo the Archdiocese of Freetown. The Holy Father appointed Father Charles Allieu Matthew Campbell as the pioneer bishop of the new diocese of Bo. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

He was consecrated and installed at Bo on 7 May 2011 by the hands of Archbishop George Antonysamy, Titular Archbishop of Sulci assisted by Archbishop Edward Tamba Charles, Archbishop of Freetown and Bishop Patrick Daniel Koroma, Bishop of Kenema. ^[1]

See also

• Catholic Church in Sierra Leone

References

1. David M. Cheney (25 February 2024). "MicroData Summary for Bishop Charles Allieu Matthew Campbell (born 25 January 1961) Bishop of Bo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . Kansas City. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
2. Agenzia Fides (15 January 2011). "Africa/Sierra Leone: Creation of the new diocese of Bo and the election of the first Bishop". Agenzia Fides . Vatican City. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
3. RCDB (2 January 2025). "The Profile of Bishop Charles Allieu Matthew Campbell of Catholic Diocese of Bo". Roman Catholic Diocese of Bo (RCDB). Bo, Sierra Leone. Retrieved 9 April 2025.

Succession table

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by None (Diocese erected)	Bishop of Bo (since 15 January 2011)	Succeeded by Incumbent

External links

• History of the Catholic Diocese of Bo