The Right Reverend Gordon V. Smith | |
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Bishop of Iowa | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Iowa |
Elected | January 10, 1950 |
In office | 1950–1971 |
Predecessor | Elwood Lindsay Haines |
Successor | Walter Cameron Righter |
Orders | |
Ordination | October 28, 1931 by John N. McCormick |
Consecration | April 20, 1950 by Henry Knox Sherrill |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | August 27, 1997 Palos Verdes Estates, California, United States | (aged 91)
Buried | Resthaven Cemetery, West Des Moines, Iowa |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | Joseph Martin Smith, Josephine Conklin |
Spouse |
Lenora M. Hollister (m. 1935)Florence Wallace |
Children | 6 |
Gordon V. Smith (August 6, 1906 – August 27, 1997) was a bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. He was bishop of the Diocese of Iowa from 1950-1971.[1] He was the first Bishop of Iowa who was canonically resident in the state when he was elected bishop.[2]