Thomas Smith (21 March 1763 – 30 July 1831) was an English Catholic prelate who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District from 1821 to 1831.
He was born on 21 March 1763, the son of James Smith of the Brooms, near Lanchester, County Durham.
In March 1795, the motley group arrived at the Blue Boar in Holburn wearing an assortment of cast-off clothes given them by the soldiers, Smith himself sporting sailor's jacket.
[2] He was appointed coadjutor to William Gibson, Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District; the Briefs for the coadjutorship and titular see of Bolina were dated on 15 May 1807.
[3] After ten years and in poor health, he wrote on 5 July 1831 to Cardinal Lorenzo Litta, Prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, asking to resign his charge of the Northern District, but before it was granted Bishop Smith died at Ushaw College on 30 July 1831, aged 68.