Alphonse John Smith
| Most Reverend Alphonse J. Smith, STD |
|
|---|---|
| Bishop of Nashville | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| See | Nashville |
| In office | December 23, 1923—December 16, 1935 |
| Predecessor | Thomas Sebastian Byrne |
| Successor | William Lawrence Adrian |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | April 18, 1908 |
| Consecration | March 25, 1924 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 14, 1883 Madison, Indiana |
| Died | Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day Nashville, Tennessee |
Alphonse John Smith, (November 14, 1883 - December 16, 1935) was a 20th-century bishop in the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as Bishop of the Diocese of Nashville from 1923-35.
Biography
Born in Madison, Indiana, Smith was ordained a Catholic priest on April 18, 1908 for the Diocese of Indianapolis. On December 23, 1923 Pope Pius XI named him to be the sixth Bishop of Nashville. He was consecrated a bishop on March 25, 1924 in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Indianapolis by Bishop Joseph Chartrand. The co-consecrators were Bishops Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina of Corpus Christi and Samuel Stritch, of Toledo.[1]
When Bishop Smith came to the diocese he found there were only a few native priests from the diocese itself and ten seminarians. He worked to change the situation and within two years the number of seminarians from Tennessee had grown to 60, and 26 priests were ordained for the diocese during his episcopate. The monastery of the Poor Clares was established in Memphis. Several new parishes and schools were also established.[2] Bishop Smith served the diocese for eleven years until his death in 1935. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Nashville.[3]
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." />Episcopal succession
| Catholic Church titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Bishop of Nashville 1923–1935 |
Succeeded by William Lawrence Adrian |
| Ordinaries |
 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Churches | ||
| Education | ||
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This article about an American Catholic bishop or archbishop is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Pages with reference errors
- Age error
- Pages using S-rel template with ca parameter
- 1883 births
- 1935 deaths
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops
- American Roman Catholic bishops
- People from Madison, Indiana
- People from Nashville, Tennessee
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville
- Religious leaders from Indiana
- Religious leaders from Tennessee
- American Roman Catholic bishop stubs
