Robin Smith (bishop) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Rt Revd
Robin Smith
Honorific-Suffix:MA(Oxon)
Bishop of Hertford
Diocese:Diocese of St Albans
Term:1990–2001
Predecessor:Kenneth Pillar
Successor:Christopher Foster
Other Post:Honorary assistant bishop in St Albans (2001–present)
Ordination: (deacon); (priest)
Consecration:1990
Birth Date:14 August 1936
Religion:Anglican
Parents:Richard and Blanche
Spouse:Lois Pearson (m. 1961)
Children:3 sons, 1 daughter
Profession:Airman
Alma Mater:Worcester College, Oxford

Robin Jonathan Norman Smith (born 14 August 1936[1]) was the Bishop of Hertford from 1990 to 2001.[2]

Smith was educated at Bedford School and Worcester College, Oxford,[3] before beginning his ordained ministry as a curate at St Margaret's Barking, after which he was chaplain of Lee Abbey, then vicar of St. Mary's Church, Chesham, rector of Great Chesham[4] before becoming a bishop. In retirement he is an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of St Albans.

Notes and References

  1. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/c/Timothy-Charles-Nicholas/COL0001-0022.html Family tree
  2. Debrett's People of Today 1992, London, Debrett's,)
  3. Smith, Rt Rev. Robin Jonathan Norman, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U19959, accessed 8 July 2012.
  4. Crockford's clerical directory 1995, (Lambeth, Church House)