predecessor successor religion consecration children title other_post profession article_title parents term birth_date spouse ordination diocese name alma_mater
ken pillar christopher foster anglican 1990 3 sons , 1 daughter bishop of hertford honorary present -rrb- assistant bishop in st albans -lrb- 2001 -- airman robin smith -lrb- bishop -rrb-
 richard and blanche 1990 -- 2001 14 august 1936 lois pearson -lrb- m. 1961 -rrb- 1962 -lrb- deacon -rrb- ; 1963 -lrb- priest -rrb- diocese of st albans robin smith worcester college , oxford
robin smith -lrb- bishop -rrb-

robin jonathan norman smith -lrb- born 14 august 1936 -rrb- was the bishop of hertford from 1990 to 2001 .
smith was educated at bedford school and worcester college , oxford 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 chesham before becoming a bishop .
in retirement he is an honorary assistant bishop in the diocese of st albans .
