Raymond George Smith (born 7 March 1936) is a retired Australian Anglican bishop. He served as an assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, as the first Bishop of South Western Sydney (then called the "Bishop of Liverpool") from 1 November 1993 to 31 December 2001. Smith was educated at the

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and

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in 1959. He served as

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in the Diocese of Armidale from 1959 to 1986, ministering to the parishes of Barraba, Moree, Ashford and

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and during that time was collated as

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within the diocese. He was then the Director of Extension Ministries at Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry in

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in the United States until 1990 when he returned to Australia to be the

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and Rector of

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the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, his last positions before being ordained to the

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. Following his retirement as an assistant bishop, Smith worked as an assistant minister at

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until 2019. Smith is married to Shirley and has three children.Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000
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