Obituary: Reverend Monsignor Kenneth J. Smith

| 08/16/2023

By: The Good Newsroom

Monsignor Smith served in numerous parishes throughout the archdiocese, and as a a judge with the Metropolitan Tribunal from 2002 to 2016

Monsignor Kenneth J. Smith entered eternal life on August 14, 2023. Monsignor Smith served in numerous parishes throughout the archdiocese, and as a judge with the Metropolitan Tribunal from 2002 to 2016.

Reverend Monsignor Kenneth J. Smith entered eternal life on August 14, 2023.

Born on May 7, 1937, Monsignor Smith retired as administrator of St. Catherine of Genoa, Manhattan, in 2016, a position he had held since 2012. He was pastor there, 2006-2012. He served as a judge with the Metropolitan Tribunal from 2002 to 2016. He was pastor of St. Bernard’s and administrator of St. Veronica’s, 1990-2002, both in Manhattan. He was pastor of Holy Name of Jesus, Manhattan, 1985-1990, and administrator of Nativity of Our Blessed Lady, the Bronx, 1990. He served as parochial vicar at Incarnation, Washington Heights, 1984-1985 and 1978-1980, and at St. Columba’s, Manhattan, 1976-1978, and he served at the Northeast Pastoral Center for Hispanics, 1980-1984. He was ordained for the Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts, on June 27, 1964, and incardinated into the archdiocese in 1984. He was named a monsignor in 2006.  

RECEPTION OF THE BODY AND WAKE ⦁ LYING IN REPOSE 

Monday, August 21, 2023 ⦁ 9:00 to 10:00 AM 

Main Chapel of the John Cardinal O’Connor Pavilion
5655 Arlington Avenue
Riverdale, NY 10471
718-581-0070

Entrusted to the care of the Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, Bronx

MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL

Monday, August 21, 2023 ⦁ 10:00 AM
Main Chapel of the John Cardinal O’Connor Pavilion
5655 Arlington Avenue
Riverdale, NY 10471
718-581-0070

The Most Reverend Gerald T. Walsh, principal celebrant

The Most Reverend Gerald T. Walsh, homilist

INTERMENT

St. Paul Cemetery, Hingham, Massachusetts
For health and safety, local recommended guidelines will be observed.

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