Bernard Smith (abbot)
Dom Bernard Smith, O.S.B. | |
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| Titular Abbot of Polirone | |
| Other posts | Pro-Rector of the American College, Rome (1859–1860) Vice-Rector of the Irish College, Rome (1850–1855) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 21 September 1839 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 September 1812 County Cavan, Ireland |
| Died | 11 December 1892 (aged 80) Rome, Italy |
| Buried | Campo Verano, Rome, Italy |
Dom Bernard Smith, O.S.B. (12 September 1812 – 11 December 1892) was an Irish Benedictine monk, and later a titular abbot. He served as professor at the Urban College, curial official, and guide to prominent English-speaking visitors to Rome in the mid to late nineteenth century. Dom Smith was also the first pro-rector of the Pontifical North American College, the national college for American seminarians in Rome. He served as pro-rector before the arrival of the first rector, William McCloskey, in March 1860.