About Alexander Smith
Lived 1813 – 1861 (aged 48). Alexander Smith was a catholic priest and catholic 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.
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.
He died before succeeded as the Vicar Apostolic of the Western District on 15 June 1861, aged 48.
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Alexander Smith was born on 24 January 1813.
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Alexander Smith died on 15 June 1861.
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Alexander Smith was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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