Bishop Alexander Smith †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain

Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1684¹		Born
19 Apr 1712	28.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Scotland, Great Britain
19 Sep 1735	51.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
19 Sep 1735	51.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis
13 Nov 1735	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis
18 Feb 1746	62.1	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain
21 Aug 1767	83.6	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland, Great Britain

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Alexander Smith
(WikiData: Q4720106)
Bishop Alexander Smith (born 1684, died 21 Aug 1767) Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District

Event Place
Birth Place Fochabers, Moray
Ordained Priest Preshome
Ordained Bishop Edinburgh, Vicariate Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland
Death Place Edinburgh, Vicariate Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland

a priest for 55.3 years
a bishop for 31.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop James Gordon †
Titular Bishop of Nicopolis
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Hugh MacDonald †
Titular Bishop of Diana
Assisted by:
Father Peter Grant
Priest

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Gordon † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Nicopolis
Marcantonio Cardinal Barbarigo † (1678)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
St. Gregorio Giovanni Gasparo Cardinal Barbarigo † (1657)
Bishop of Padova {Padua}
Marcantonio Cardinal Bragadin † (1629)
Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop James Grant † (1755)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John MacDonald † (1761)
Assisted:
Bishop Hugh MacDonald † (1731)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Fochabers, Moray
Ordained Priest	Preshome
Ordained Bishop	Edinburgh, Vicariate Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland
Death Place	Edinburgh, Vicariate Apostolic of Lowland District, Scotland

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1735, Number 30
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 292, and Page 455
bd/opd: CB, 17 Feb 2016
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 45, Number 3,033
b: The Catholic Hierarchy of Scotland, Page 10, Number 4

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