Alexander Smith (bishop, born 1813)

Alexander Smith (24 January 1813 – 15 June 1861) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Western District of Scotland.

[1][2] Born in Cuttlebrée, Enzie, Banffshire in 1813, he was ordained a priest on 2 February 1836.

He was appointed the Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Western District and Titular Bishop of Paros by the Holy See on 6 July 1847.

He was consecrated to the Episcopate at St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow on 3 October 1847.

[1][2] He died before succeeded as the Vicar Apostolic of the Western District on 15 June 1861, aged 48.