| Type: | Bishop |
| Honorific Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
| Dabney Tyler Smith | |
| Bishop of Southwest Florida | |
| Diocese: | Southwest Florida |
| Elected: | December 9, 2006 |
| Term: | 2007–2022 |
| Retired: | --> |
| Predecessor: | John Lipscomb |
| Ordination: | 1987 |
| Consecration: | March 10, 2007 |
| Consecrated By: | Clifton Daniel |
| Birth Date: | 7 December 1953 |
| Tomb: | --> |
| Parents: | Dorsey & Dorothy Smith |
| Spouse: | Mary Wallis Smith |
| Children: | 5 |
| Previous Post: | Coadjutor Bishop of Southwest Florida (2007) |
Dabney Tyler Smith (born December 7, 1953) was the fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida.[1] Bishop Smith retired in December 2022.[2]
Smith was born in Texas and raised in Florida,[3] where his father, Dorsey Smith, served as priest.[4] He received a doctorate of ministry from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in 1999. He also has degrees from the University of South Florida and Nashotah House,[5] where he serves on the board of trustees.[6] He also serves on the Board of Regents of .[7]
He was consecrated on March 10, 2007 at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle in St. Petersburg.[8] (Saint Jude, a Catholic cathedral, had a larger seating capacity than the Episcopal Cathedral Church of Saint Peter.) On May 1, 2015, he was nominated for presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church.[9]