(born 10 November 1956) is the Archbishop of İzmir and a Conventual Franciscan friar.

Martin Kmetec was born in Ptuj in Slovenia, and was ordained as a Franciscan priest in 1983 by bishop Jožef Smej.

After his studies at the University of Ljubljana, he obtained his doctorate with a thesis on interreligious dialogue and carried out his ministry in Lebanon.

[1] He was consecrated on 2 February 2021 by archbishop Paul Fitzpatrick Russell, apostolic Nuncio to Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan.

In the Archdiocese of İzmir, Martin Kmetec cares for a community of about 5,000 people, possibly more if migrants and refugees are included.