Since September 2005 Rev. Charles F. Shelby, C.M., has served as a Vice Chancellor at DePaul University in Chicago.  His duties are university-wide and include promoting the Vincentian and Catholic mission of the university, public relations, fund-raising, and correspondence. 

Father Shelby is a priest of the Congregation of the Mission of Saint Vincent de Paul.  This religious community is dedicated to following Jesus Christ, the evangelizer of the poor.  It provides pastoral services to those in need throughout the world.  DePaul University, founded in 1898 to serve the immigrant Catholic population of Chicago, is known for its diversity and for providing higher education to those who are under-served.  It is the largest Catholic university in the United States and the eighth largest private not-for-profit American university.  

Fr. Shelby was President of the Association of the Miraculous Medal, Perryville, Missouri (1983-2005), and responsible for the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Perryville.  He served as International Coordinator of the Association of the Miraculous Medal worldwide 2002-2005. 

He was a member of the Board of Directors of the National Catholic Development Conference 1992-2001 and served as vice chair (1992-1996), chair (1996-1998), and past chair (1998-2001).

Fr. Shelby was born February 18, 1941, and grew up in Los Angeles, California.