Bernard Smith (abbot)

Dom Bernard Smith, O.S.B.
Titular Abbot of Polirone
Other post(s)	Pro-Rector of the American College, Rome (1859–1860) Vice-Rector of the Irish College, Rome (1850–1855)
Orders
Ordination	21 September 1839
Personal details
Born	(1812-09-12)12 September 1812 County Cavan, Ireland
Died	11 December 1892(1892-12-11) (aged 80) Rome, Italy
Buried	Campo Verano, Rome, Italy

Dom Bernard Smith, O.S.B. (12 September 1812 – 11 December 1892) was an Irish Benedictine monk, and later a titular abbot. He served as professor at the Urban College, curial official, and guide to prominent English-speaking visitors to Rome in the mid to late nineteenth century. Dom Smith was also the first pro-rector of the Pontifical North American College, the national college for American seminarians in Rome. He served as pro-rector before the arrival of the first rector, William McCloskey, in March 1860.