William Smith (archbishop)

William Smith (1819–1892) was a Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland.

Born in Edinburgh on 3 July 1819, he was ordained a priest on 15 April 1843. He was appointed the Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh on 2 October 1885. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 28 October 1885. The principal consecrator was Archbishop Charles Petre Eyre, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop John McLachlan and Bishop (later Archbishop) Angus MacDonald. He died in office on 16 March 1892, aged 72.^[1]

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