Robert Smith (bishop)

The Right Reverend

Robert Smith

D.D.
The Right Reverend; Robert Smith; D.D.
Bishop of South Carolina
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	South Carolina
Elected	February 10, 1795
In office	1795–1801
Successor	Theodore Dehon
Orders
Ordination	December 21, 1756; by Matthias Mawson
Consecration	September 13, 1795; by William White
Personal details
Born	August 25, 1732; Worstead, Norfolk
Died	October 28, 1801 (aged 69); Charleston, South Carolina
Buried	St. Philip's Church
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Elizabeth Paget (m. 1758; died 1771); Sarah Shubrick (m. 1774; died 1779); Anna Maria Tilghman (m. 1782; died 1792);

Robert Smith (August 25, 1732 – October 28, 1801) was an English-born American clergyman, planter and prelate of the Episcopal Church who served as the first Bishop of South Carolina from 1795 to 1801.^[1]

^ Listing for The American Revolution and Righteous Community: Selected Sermons of Bishop Robert Smith, edited by Charles Wilbanks

[1] Listing for The American Revolution and Righteous Community: Selected Sermons of Bishop Robert Smith, edited by Charles Wilbanks

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