Robin Smith (bishop)

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{{Infobox Christian leader

| honorific-prefix = The Rt Revd

| name = Robin Smith

| honorific-suffix = MA(Oxon)

| title = Bishop of Hertford

| diocese = Diocese of St Albans

| term = 1990–2001

| predecessor = Kenneth Pillar

| successor = Christopher Foster

| other_post = Honorary assistant bishop in St Albans (2001–present)

| ordination = {{circa|1962}} (deacon); {{circa|1963}} (priest)

| consecration = 1990

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|8|14|df=y}}

| religion = Anglican

| parents = Richard and Blanche

| spouse = Lois Pearson (m. 1961)

| children = 3 sons, 1 daughter

| occupation =

| profession = Airman

| alma_mater = Worcester College, Oxford

}}

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Robin Jonathan Norman Smith (born 14 August 1936[http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/c/Timothy-Charles-Nicholas/COL0001-0022.html Family tree]) was the Bishop of Hertford from 1990 to 2001.Debrett's People of Today 1992, London, Debrett's, {{ISBN|1-870520-09-2}})

Smith was educated at Bedford School and Worcester College, Oxford,Smith, Rt Rev. Robin Jonathan Norman, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U19959], accessed 8 July 2012. before beginning his ordained ministry as a curate at St Margaret's Barking, after which he was chaplain of Lee Abbey, then vicar of St. Mary's Church, Chesham, rector of Great CheshamCrockford's clerical directory 1995, (Lambeth, Church House {{ISBN|0-7151-8088-6}}) before becoming a bishop. In retirement he is an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of St Albans.