Peter Leslie Smith

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Peter Leslie Smith
Auxiliary Bishop of Portland in Oregon Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania
Archdiocese	Portland
Appointed	March 4, 2014
Installed	April 29, 2014
Other posts	Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania
Orders
Ordination	June 9, 2001 by John George Vlazny
Consecration	April 29, 2014 by Alexander King Sample, John George Vlazny, and Liam Cary
Personal details
Born	(1958-02-08) February 8, 1958 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Motto	CHRISTUS IN VOBIS SPES GLORIAE (Christ in you, hope for glory)

Styles of Peter Leslie Smith

Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Peter Leslie Smith (born February 8, 1958) is a South African-born Catholic bishop in the United States. Since 2014 he has served as the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon.

Early life and education

Smith was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa and was educated in the local schools. He earned a bachelor's degree and a law degree from the University of Natal in South Africa. He immigrated to the United States in 1986.^[1] Smith received a master of divinity degree from Mount Angel Seminary in Saint Benedict, Oregon and a bachelor in sacred theology from Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm in Rome.^[2] He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Portland on June 9, 2001 by Archbishop John Vlazny.^[3]

Priesthood

After ordination, Smith served as the parochial vicar at Our Lady of the Lake Parish in Lake Oswego, Oregon from 2001 to 2004. He took a leave of absence from the archdiocese to study at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. where he received a licentiate in canon law in 2006. From 2006 to 2013 he served as the pastor St. Rose of Lima Parish in Portland, Oregon.^[2] Smith served as the adjutant judicial vicar from 2010 to 2014 and served as the Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia for the Archdiocese of Portland starting in 2013. He also served as the archdiocesan liaison for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, and he is a member of the Brotherhood of the People of Praise Community, a charismatic collection of evangelical Catholics whose priest-members are incardinated in the Archdiocese of Portland.^[1]

Episcopacy

Pope Francis named Smith the Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Portland in Oregon on March 4, 2014. He was ordained in St. Mary's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland on April 29, 2014 by Archbishop Alexander Sample. Archbishop Emeritus John Vlazny of Portland and Bishop Liam Cary of Baker were the principal co-consecrators.^[3] Upon his election, Survivors Network of Abused Priests released a statement expressing disappointment about the appointment as "another civil and canonical lawyer" (KOIN, Channel 6, 2014).

References

1 2 "Pope Names Portland, Oregon Priest as Auxiliary Bishop of Portland". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
1 2 Harris, Elise. "Portland, Ore. diocese receives new auxiliary bishop". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
1 2 "Bishop Peter Leslie Smith". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-05-01.

Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon

Ordinaries	Archbishops of Oregon City François Norbert Blanchet Charles John Seghers William Hickley Gross Alexander Christie Archbishops of Portland Edward Howard Robert Joseph Dwyer Cornelius Michael Power William Levada Francis George John George Vlazny Alexander King Sample

Auxiliary Bishops	Paul E. Waldschmidt Kenneth Steiner Peter Leslie Smith

Churches	Cathedral St. Mary's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Abbeys Mount Angel Abbey Our Lady of Guadalupe Trappist Abbey Parishes Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Cottage Grove St. Mary's Church, Mount Angel St. Patrick's Church, Portland St. Paul's Church, St. Paul St. Joseph's Church, Salem St. Boniface Church, Sublimity Former churches St. Patrick's Church, Independence St. John the Evangelist Church, Zigzag

Education	Higher Education University of Portland Marylhurst University High Schools Blanchet Catholic School, Salem Central Catholic High School, Portland De La Salle North Catholic High School, Portland Jesuit High School, Portland La Salle High School, Milwaukie Marist Catholic High School, Eugene Regis High School, Stayton St. Mary's Academy, Portland St. Mary's High School, Medford Valley Catholic School, Beaverton

Priests	Liam Cary Francis Peter Leipzig Edward John O'Dea Edwin Vincent O'Hara Charles Joseph O'Reilly

Miscellany	Catholic Sentinel Oregon Catholic Press Monastery of Our Lady of Jordan Monastery of the Precious Blood The Grotto

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