Alexander Smith (bishop, born 1813)

For other people named Alexander Smith, see Alexander Smith (disambiguation).

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Alexander Smith
Reference styleThe Right Reverend
Spoken styleMy Lord or Bishop

Alexander Smith (24 January 1813 – 15 June 1861) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Western District of Scotland.[1][2]

Biography

Born in Cuttlebrée, Enzie, Banffshire in 1813, he was ordained a priest on 2 February 1836. He was appointed the Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Western District and Titular Bishop of Paros by the Holy See on 6 July 1847. He was consecrated to the Episcopate at St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow on 3 October 1847. The principal consecrator was Bishop John Murdoch, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop James Kyle and Bishop Andrew Carruthers.[1][2]

He died before succeeded as the Vicar Apostolic of the Western District on 15 June 1861, aged 48.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Brady, W.M. (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 3. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace. pp. 472.
  2. ^ a b c "Bishop Alexander Smith". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 17 February 2016.[self-published source]
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic
of the Western District
1847–1861 		Succeeded by