Brian Smith (born 15 July 1944) is a retired Anglican priest. He was the Archdeacon of Man in the Church of England from 2005 to 2011. [1]
Smith was educated at Barton Peveril Grammar School and ordained in 1975 after an earlier career in commerce and industry. [2] He was a curate at St Thomas' Pennywell [3] after which he was an RAF chaplain from 1977 to 1995. He was Vicar of St John's Keswick from 1995 until his appointment as archdeacon of Man in 2005 [4] . He retired in 2011. [5]
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