John M. Smith (bishop)


John Mortimer Fourette Smith
Bishop of Trenton
Titular Bishop of Tres Tabernae
DioceseDiocese of Trenton
AppointedNovember 21, 1995 (Coadjutor)
InstalledJune 30, 1997
Term endedDecember 1, 2010
PredecessorJohn C. Reiss
SuccessorDavid M. O'Connell
Previous post(s)Auxiliary Bishop of Newark
1987 to 1991
Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee
1991 to 1995
Orders
OrdinationMay 27, 1961
ConsecrationJanuary 25, 1988
by Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Peter Leo Gerety, and Walter William Curtis
Personal details
Born(1935-06-23)June 23, 1935
DiedJanuary 22, 2019(2019-01-22) (aged 83)
Lawrenceville, New Jersey, US
EducationJohn Carroll University
Immaculate Conception Seminary
Catholic University of America
MottoServite Domino in lætitia
(I will serve God cheerfully)
Styles of
John Mortimer Fourette Smith
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

John Mortimer Fourette Smith (June 23, 1935 – January 22, 2019) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Trenton in New Jersey from 1997 to 2010. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee in Florida from 1991 to 1995 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark in New Jersey from 1987 to 1991