Archbishop Richard Patrick Smith †

Deceased

Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Mar 1802		Born
1825²	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 Feb 1837	34.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Agnus
28 Feb 1837	34.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
10 Dec 1837	35.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Agnus
26 Oct 1844	42.6	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
28 May 1845	43.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)
30 Apr 1850	48.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
9 Feb 1851	48.8	Installed	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
6 May 1852	50.1	Died	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Richard Patrick Smith
Archbishop Richard Patrick Smith
(born 17 Mar 1802, died 6 May 1852)
Archbishop of Port of Spain

Event Place
Birth Place Ardagh, Diocese of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
Ordained Bishop Port of Spain, Archdiocese of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Death Place Port of Spain, Archdiocese of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

a priest for 27.3 years
a bishop for 14.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Daniel McDonnell †
Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Daniel McDonnell † (1829)
Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)
Bishop James Yorke Bramston † (1823)
Titular Bishop of Usula
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Titular Bishop of Alia
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Centuria
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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 Michael Monaghan † (1851)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ardagh, Diocese of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
Ordained Bishop	Port of Spain, Archdiocese of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Death Place	Port of Spain, Archdiocese of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64697622

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 466
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 62, and Page 291
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1837, Number 46
op/i/loc: CB, 4 Aug 2025

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