Monsignor Gerard Robinson will be the principal celebrant at the Requiem Mass for Father Pat Smith at Sacred Heart Church, Redcar, on Thursday (July 10) at noon.
His remains will be received into the church on Wednesday (July 9), at 7pm, with Father Paul Dowling being the principal celebrant.
Father Pat died peacefully in Yew Tree Care Home, Kirkleatham, Redcar, on the morning of Thursday June 19.
Born on November 29 1946 in Ardrossan, Scotland, Father Pat studied at All Hallows Seminary in Dublin and was ordained to the sacred priesthood at St Augustine’s, Redcar, on May 31 1970.
His first appointment in the Diocese of Middlesbrough was as assistant priest at the Holy Name of Jesus Parish in Hull.
In 1972, he was appointed as assistant priest at St Aelred’s Parish, Tang Hall, York, where he served for three years.
He then moved to St Joseph’s, Middlesbrough, to serve as assistant priest until 1978, when he was appointed as assistant priest at St Alphonsus’s Parish, Middlesbrough.
In 1981, he was appointed as assistant priest at St Thomas More, Middlesbrough, where he remained until 1983, when he was asked by the bishop to serve as administrator of the old St Mary’s Cathedral.
In 1984, he became parish priest of St Leonard & St Mary’s, Malton, where he remained for four years, and then in 1988, he was appointed as parish priest at Sacred Heart, Redcar, where he remained until 1995.
In 1995 he moved to serve as administrator at St Mary’s Cathedral in Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough and in 1996 he was appointed as parish priest of St Paulinus, Guisborough.
In 1997, he moved to Corpus Christi, Middlesbrough as parish priest, staying until 1999, when he was appointed as parish priest of Our Lady’s, Acomb, York.
His last post was parish priest of St Bede’s, Marske, from 2013 until his retirement in 2017.
We give grateful thanks to Dolores, his friend for many years, who has supported him and looked after him up until the very end.
Please pray for the repose of Father Pat’s soul and for his family and friends at this sad time.