Robin Smith (bishop)

The Rt Rev Robin Jonathan Norman Smith was the Bishop of Hertford from 1990 until 2001.[1]

He was born on 14 August 1936[2] and educated at Bedford School and Worcester College, Oxford [3] before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Margaret's, Barking[4] after which he was Chaplain of Lee Abbey then Vicar of Chesham St Mary. Following this he was Rector of Great Chesham[5] before elevation to the Episcopate. In retirement he continues to serve the Church as an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of St Albans.

Notes

  1. ^ ”Debrett's People of Today 1992” (London, Debrett's) ISBN 1870520092)
  2. ^ Family tree
  3. ^Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0713635142)
  4. ^ Church eb site
  5. ^Crockford's clerical directory, 1995” (Lambeth,Church House ISBN 0715180886)
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Kenneth Harold Pillar
Bishop of Hertford
1990 –2001
Succeeded by
Christopher Richard James Foster