Campbell, Rev. Francis

Rev. Francis Leo Campbell was born on February 26, 1902 in Kenkora, Prince Edward Island. He attended Le Grande Seminarie du Quebec from 1925-1926 and the Scholasticate Seminary; in Edmonton from 1926-1929 where he received his theological education. He was ordained on December 9, 192 by Archbishop Henry Joseph O’Leary for ministry in the Archdiocese of Edmonton.

From 1929-1930 he was the Assistant Pastor at St. Anthony’s Pro. Cathedral in Edmonton as well as a Professor of Ethics and Sociology at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Edmonton. In May of 1930 went on loan to the Archdiocese of Regina with Archbishop James Charles McGuigan serving as his secretary. The following September it was discoved that Rev. Campbell had an advance form of Tuberculosis and he spent the next seven years hospitalized at Providence Hospital in Moose Jaw. After recovering he served as Chaplain for the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine heart of Jesus, St. Catherine, Ontario in the 1940s and 1950s. In the 1960s he served as Assistant Pastor in Wainfleet located in the Diocese of St. Catherines.

Rev. Campbell retired in 1968 and lived at Mount Carmel Home for the Aged in St. Catherine Onatior until his death on February 28, 1969.