Peter Leslie Smith

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| type = Bishop

| honorific-prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend

| name = Peter Leslie Smith

| title = Auxiliary Bishop of Portland in Oregon
Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania

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| archdiocese = Portland in Oregon

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| appointed = March 4, 2014

| enthroned = April 29, 2014

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| other_post = Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania

| ordination = June 9, 2001

| ordained_by = John George Vlazny

| consecration = April 29, 2014

| consecrated_by = Alexander King Sample, John George Vlazny, and Liam Cary

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|02|08}}

| birth_place = Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

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| motto = Christus in vobis spes gloriae
(Christ in you, hope for glory)

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Peter Leslie Smith (born February 8, 1958) is a South African-born Catholic prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Portland since 2014.

Biography

= Early life =

Peter Smith was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on February 8, 1958, and was educated in the local schools. He earned a bachelor's degree and a law degree from the University of Natal.

Smith immigrated to the United States in 1986.{{cite web|url=http://www.usccb.org/news/2014/14-045.cfm|title=Pope Names Portland, Oregon Priest as Auxiliary Bishop of Portland|publisher=United States Conference of Catholic Bishops|accessdate=2014-05-01|last=|first=}} He received a Master of Divinity degree from Mount Angel Seminary in Saint Benedict, Oregon, and a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree from Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm in Rome.{{cite web|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/29143/portland-ore-diocese-receives-new-auxiliary-bishop|title=Portland, Ore. diocese receives new auxiliary bishop|publisher=Catholic News Agency|access-date=2014-05-01|last=Harris|first=Elise}}

= Priest =

Smith was ordained a priest at St. Mary's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for the Archdiocese of Portland on June 9, 2001, by Archbishop John Vlazny.{{Cite web |title=Bishop Peter Leslie Smith [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsmithpl.html |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}} After his 2001 ordination, the archdiocese assigned Smith as parochial vicar at Our Lady of the Lake Parish in Lake Oswego, Oregon. He took a leave of absence from the archdiocese in 2004 to study at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he received a Licentiate of Canon Law in 2006.

Returning to Portland in 2006, the archdiocese assigned Smith as pastor of St. Rose of Lima Parish in Portland. Smith also served as the adjutant judicial vicar from 2010 to 2014, then as vicar general and moderator of the curia for the archdiocese starting in 2013. He served as the archdiocesan liaison for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, and he is a member of the Brotherhood of the People of Praise, a charismatic association of priests in the archdiocese.

= Auxiliary Bishop of Portland =

Pope Francis named Smith as the titular bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania and auxiliary bishop of Portland 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 and Bishop Liam Cary were the principal co-consecrators.