William Smith

(Northern District) Born in the Enzie, 11th May 1830, the son of Alexander Smith and Helen Bennett, older brother of George Smith, Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, and a cousin of Alexander Smith, coadjutor in the Western District; ordained a priest in Palencia, 30th May 1854, and left for Scotland, 12th June 1854; died, Enzie, 20th June 1898.

Date	Age	Description
11 May 1830		Born Cuttlebrae, Enzie
1842-1847	12	Blairs
20 May 1847	17	Arrived in the College
30 May 1854	24	Ordained a priest in Palencia by Bishop Jerónimo Fernández y Andrés
12 Jun. 1854	24	Left for Scotland
1854	24	Preshome
1854-1874	24	Strichen
1874-1883	44	Tomintoul
1883-1891	53	Tombae, Glenlivet
1892	62	Retired in bad health
20 Jun. 1898	68	Died Oxhill, Enzie

Report of the ordination of William Smith in the Scottish Catholic Directory of 1855.

The Rev. William Smith, born on the 11th May, 1830, at Cuttlebrae, in the Enzie, Banffshire, was admitted into Blairs College on the 3d of August, 1842, and was sent, on 3d May, 1847, to the Scots College of Valladolid. Having there finished his studies, he was ordained Subdeacon on the 14th, Deacon on the 28th, and Priest on the 30th May, 1854, at Palentia, by Senor Jeronimo Fernandez, Bishop of that Diocese. On returning to Scotland in the end of June following, he was, after some stay at Preshome, sent to Peterhead on the death of the Rev. D. Carmichael, and after a residence of two months in that Mission, was finally appointed to Strichen and its dependent stations.