Peter Leslie Smith
Peter Leslie Smith | |
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Auxiliary Bishop of Portland in Oregon Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania | |
Archdiocese | Portland in Oregon |
Appointed | March 4, 2014 |
Installed | April 29, 2014 |
Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania |
Orders | |
Ordination | June 9, 2001 by John George Vlazny |
Consecration | April 29, 2014 by Alexander King Sample, John George Vlazny, and Liam Cary |
Personal details | |
Born | Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | February 8, 1958
Motto | CHRISTUS IN VOBIS SPES GLORIAE (Christ in you, hope for glory) |
Styles of Peter Leslie Smith | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Peter Leslie Smith (born February 8, 1958) is a South African-born Catholic bishop in the United States. Since 2014 he has served as the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon.
Early life[]
Smith was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on February 8, 1958, and was educated in the local schools. He earned a bachelor's degree and a law degree from the University of Natal in South Africa. He immigrated to the United States in 1986.[1] Smith received a master of divinity degree from Mount Angel Seminary in Saint Benedict, Oregon, and a bachelor in sacred theology from Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm in Rome.[2] He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Portland on June 9, 2001, by Archbishop John Vlazny.[3]
Priest[]
After ordination, Smith served as the parochial vicar at Our Lady of the Lake Parish in Lake Oswego, Oregon from 2001 to 2004. He took a leave of absence from the archdiocese to study at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. where he received a licentiate in canon law in 2006. From 2006 to 2013 he served as the pastor St. Rose of Lima Parish in Portland, Oregon.[2] Smith served as the adjutant judicial vicar from 2010 to 2014 and served as the Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia for the Archdiocese of Portland starting in 2013. He served as the archdiocesan liaison for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, and he is a member of the Brotherhood of the People of Praise Community, a charismatic association of evangelical Catholics whose priest-members are incardinated in the Archdiocese of Portland.[1]
Episcopacy[]
Auxiliary Bishop of Portland[]
Pope Francis named Smith the Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Portland on March 4, 2014. He was ordained in St. Mary's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland on April 29, 2014, by Archbishop Alexander Sample. Archbishop Emeritus John Vlazny of Portland and Bishop Liam Cary of Baker were the principal co-consecrators.[3] Upon his election, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests released a statement expressing disappointment about the appointment as "another civil and canonical lawyer" (KOIN, Channel 6, 2014).
References[]
- ^ a b "Pope Names Portland, Oregon Priest as Auxiliary Bishop of Portland". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
- ^ a b Harris, Elise. "Portland, Ore. diocese receives new auxiliary bishop". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
- ^ a b "Bishop Peter Leslie Smith". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-05-01.[self-published source]
External links[]
- 1958 births
- Living people
- People from Pietermaritzburg
- University of Natal alumni
- Mount Angel Seminary
- Catholic University of America alumni
- Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm alumni
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon
- 21st-century American Roman Catholic titular bishops
- South African emigrants to the United States
- People of Praise
- Bishops appointed by Pope Francis