Michael Smith (bishop)

Michael Smith KC*HS (born 6 June 1940) is the retired Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath, Ireland. He was ordained priest in the Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran on 9 March 1963 by Cardinal Traglia, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano. He celebrated his first mass on 10 March 1963 in the Clementine Chapel, located under the Altar at Papal Basilica of Saint Peter.

His Most Reverend, Dr.

Michael Smith
Bishop of Meath, Emeritus
ArchdioceseArmagh
DioceseMeath
PredecessorJohn McCormack
SuccessorThomas Deenihan
Orders
Ordination9 March 1963
by Cardinal Traglia, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Consecration29 January 1984
by Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich
Personal details
NationalityIrish
DenominationRoman Catholic
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