Archbishop Richard William Smith

Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Motto: Fiat Voluntas Tua

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Apr 1959		Born
23 May 1987	28.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
27 Apr 2002	42.9	Appointed	Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada
18 Jun 2002	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada
22 Mar 2007	47.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1 May 2007	48.0	Installed	Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
25 Feb 2025	65.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
23 May 2025	66.0	Installed	Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

MicroData Summary
Richard William Smith
Archbishop Richard William Smith
(born 28 Apr 1959)
Archbishop of Vancouver

Ad Limina - September 2006: Bishop
Ad Limina - March 2017: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Halifax, Archdiocese of Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ordained Bishop St. Columbkille, Cathedral, Pembroke, Diocese of Pembroke, Ontario

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Vancouver.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Marcel André Joseph Gervais †
Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J.
Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia
Archbishop Austin-Emile Burke †
Archbishop Emeritus of Halifax, Nova Scotia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Marcel André Joseph Gervais † (1980)
Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario
Bishop John Michael Sherlock † (1974)
Bishop of London, Ontario
Bishop Paul Francis Reding † (1966)
Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario
Bishop Joseph Francis Ryan † (1937)
Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario
Archbishop John Thomas McNally † (1913)
Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia
Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Cardinal Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. † (1892)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Gregory John Bittman (2012)
Bishop Paul Terrio (2012)
Bishop Gary Anthony Franken (2022)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Daniel Joseph Miehm (2013)
Bishop Mark Andrew Hagemoen (2013)
Bishop Jon Paul Christian Hansen, C.Ss.R. (2018)
Bishop Stephen Andrew Hero (2021)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q555958

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 22 Mar 2007
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 167, Number 14,199
ab: Bollettino, 25 Feb 2025

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