Alexander Smith (bishop, born 1813) explained

Bishop Name:Alexander Smith
Dipstyle:The Right Reverend
Offstyle:My 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]

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]

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

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Brady, W.M.. The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. 1876. Tipografia Della Pace. Rome. 3. 472.