St. Mary's Cathedral: Pastoral Information -
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Published on: 4/6/2004
Last Visited: 11/1/2004
A native of Rathdowney, County Laois, Ireland, Michael John Campion was born in 1950 and educated at Cistercian College, Roscrea.He studied for the priesthood at St Kieran's College, Kilkenny and was ordained priest at St Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny, in 1975.
He has served as Assistant Priest at St Joseph's, Hartlepool (1975-80), St Charles, Gosforth (1980-88) and Holy Family, Darlington (1988-91) before becoming parish priest of St Gregory's, South Shields in 1991.Fr Campion took up his appointment as Administrator of St Mary's Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne, in August 1997.
Interested in all the arts, especially music and literature, his favourite hobby is golf and he also enjoys travel and local heritage.