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.