John M. Smith (bishop)

**John Mortimer Fourette Smith** (23 ga Yunin shekarar, 1935 - 22 ga watan Janairun y 2019) ya kasance prelate na Amurka na Cocin Roman Katolika . Ya yi aiki a matsayin bishop na tara na Diocese na Trenton a New Jersey daga shekarar 1997 zuwa 2010. Ya yi aiki a matsayin bishop na Diocese na Pensacola-Tallahassee a Florida daga 1991 zuwa 1995 kuma a matsayin mataimakin bishop na Archdiocese na Newark a New Jersey daga shekarar 1987 zuwa 1991

## Tarihin rayuwa

### Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi John Smith a ranar 23 ga Yunin shekarar 1935, a Orange, New Jersey, ga Mortimer da Ethel (née Charnock) Smith . Babbar 'ya'ya uku, yana da' yan'uwa maza biyu, Andrew (wanda daga baya ya zama malamin Benedictine) da Gregory. 

John Smith ya halarci makarantar Saint Benedict's Preparatory School a Newark da Jami'ar John Carroll a Cleveland, Ohio . A shekara ta 1955, ya shiga makarantar sakandare ta Immaculate Conception, reshe na Jami'ar Seton Hall, inda ya sami digiri na farko a cikin Harsuna na gargajiya a shekara ta 1957. 

### Firist
An naɗa Smith a matsayin firist na Archdiocese na Newark ta Archbishop Thomas Boland a ranar 27 ga Mayun shekarar 1961. Daga nan ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin Shugaba majalisa, a matsayin mai karewa na haɗin Kotun Metropolitan, da kuma darektan ƙungiyar Cursillo don archdiocese.

Smith ya sami digiri na farko na tauhidin tauhidi mai tsarki (1961) da kuma digiri na biyu a cikin dokar canon (1966) daga Jami'ar Katolika ta Amurka a Washington, DC Ya kuma kasance farfesa mai ziyara na tauhidin fastoci a Makarantar Immaculate Conception, wakilin da aka zaba a Majalisar Firistoci ta Archdiocesan, kuma Dean na tsakiyar Bergen County. Paparoma Paul VI ya ɗaga Smith zuwa matsayin mai ba da shawara na papal a cikin 1971, kuma an sanya shi a cikin ƙungiyar ma'aikatar St. Joseph Church a Oradell a cikin 1973.

A shekara ta 1982, Smith ya zama memba na kwalejin Pontifical North American College a Roma, inda ya kasance darektan Cibiyar Ci gaba da Ilimi na tauhidi da darektan shirin na US Bishops' Consultation IV. Bayan ya dawo New Jersey a 1986, an nada shi fasto na St. Mary's Parish a Dumont kuma daga baya Vicar janar da kuma mai kula da curia. 

### Mataimakin Bishop na Newark
A ranar 20 ga Nuwamban shekarar 1987, Paparoma John Paul II ya nada Smith a matsayin Bishop na Tres Tabernae kuma a matsayin bishop na Archdiocese na Newark.  karɓi tsarkakewarsa a matsayin bishop a ranar 25 ga Janairu, 1988, daga Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, tare da Archbishop Peter Gerety da Bishop Walter Curtis suna aiki a matsayin masu tsarkakewa.  Nuwamban shekarar 1985 zuwa Yulin shekarar 1991, gami da lokacinsa a matsayin mataimakin bishop na Newark, Smith ya zauna tare da McCarrick a cocin Newark.

### Bishop na Pensacola-Tallahassee
An nada Smith a matsayin bishop na uku na Diocese na Pensacola-Tallahassee a ranar 25 ga Yunin shekarar 1991, ta hanyar John Paul II.  shigar da shi a ranar 31 ga Yuli na wannan shekarar.

### Coadjutor Bishop da Bishop na Trenton
A ranar 21 ga Nuwamban shekarar 1995, an nada Smith a matsayin coadjutor bishop na Diocese na Trenton . Ya gaji Bishop John C. Reiss a matsayin bishop na tara na Trenton a kan murabus din a ranar 30 ga Yuni, 1
A shekara ta 2002, Smith ya cire wani firist da ake zargi da cin zarafin wani saurayi daga matsayin gudanarwa a cikin diocese.  [ana buƙatar ambaton] Diocese ya ba da rahoton zargin ga ofishin mai gabatar da kara na Monmouth County lokacin da aka fara yin shi a cikin 1990, amma masu gabatar da kara sun yanke shawarar kada su gabatar da tuhumar aikata laifuka saboda rashin isasshen shaida. Smith ya cire firist daga ayyukansa bayan sake duba fayilolin ma'aikata don tabbatar da amincewar jama'a ga malamai..&#x5B;&#x5D; 

### Yin ritaya da gado
A ranar 4 ga Yuni, 2010, an nada David M. O'Connell a matsayin coadjutor bishop na diocese,  kuma a ranar 1 ga Disamba, 2010, Paparoma Benedict VI ya yarda da murabus din Smith a matsayin bishop na Trenton. 

John Smith  mutu a Morris Hall Meadows Home a Lawrenceville, New Jersey, a ranar 22 ga Janairu, 2019, bayan dogon rashin lafiya.

watan Nuwamba na shekarar 2020, binciken da aka yi a Vatican game da kadinal Theodore McCarrick ya gano Smith a matsayin daya daga cikin bishops uku waɗanda "ba da bayanai marasa daidaituwa da marasa cikakkun bayanai ga Mai Tsarki game da halin jima'i na McCarrick tare da matasa" lokacin da McCarrick ta kasance dan takara ga mukamin Archbishop na Washington a shekara ta 2000 . 

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* Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton Official Site