WASHINGTON (OSV News) ─ Pope Leo XIV has appointed two auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Washington and accepted the resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Roy E. Campbell Jr. of Washington.
He has named as auxiliaries Father Gary R. Studniewski, who is pastor of the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Washington, and Father Robert P. Boxie III, who is a chaplain at Howard University in Washington.
Bishop Campbell, 78, was appointed as auxiliary bishop for the Washington Archdiocese by Pope Francis on March 8, 2017.
The appointments and resignation were publicized in Washington May 1 by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
Bishop-designate Studniewski has been pastor at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament since 2022. He is a former military chaplain (1995-2014) who retired with the rank of colonel.
Bishop-designate Boxie has served as chaplain at the Sister Thea Bowman Catholic Student Center at Howard University since 2020. He also has been a professor in the Archdiocese of Washington’s permanent diaconate program since 2018 and has been an assistant vocations director for the archdiocese since 2016.
