George John Smith was a Scottish

Scotland

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 Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Argyll and the Isles

Bishop of Argyll and the Isles (Catholic)

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 from 1892 to 1918.

Born in Cuttlebrae, Banffshire

Banffshire

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, Scotland on 24 January 1840, he was ordained

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 to the priesthood

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 on 17 December 1864. He was appointed the Bishop

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 of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles

Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles

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 by the Holy See

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 on 31 December 1892, and consecrated

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 to the Episcopate

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 on 25 April 1893. The principal consecrator

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 was Archbishop Angus MacDonald

Angus MacDonald (archbishop)

Angus MacDonald was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the third Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh in Scotland from 1892 to 1900.-Early life:...

 of St Andrews and Edinburgh, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Hugh MacDonald of Aberdeen and Bishop James August Smith

James August Smith

James August Smith was a Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh in Scotland from 1900 to 1928....

of Dunkeld (later Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh).

He died in office on 18 January 1918, aged 78.