Rev. Fr. Christopher Smith, PhD/STD, KHS
Fr. Christopher Smith is the Pastor of Prince of Peace Catholic Church & School. A native of Greenville, South Carolina, Fr. Smith converted to the Catholic faith as a teenager at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. After graduating from Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia, he spent a year in Rome studying at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross before entering priestly formation at the Pontifical Roman Major Seminary, the Pope’s personal seminary, for service in the Diocese of Charleston. Fr. Smith was ordained a Deacon on 30 October 2004 and a Priest on 23 July 2005. He has served at St. Mary’s (Greenville, SC), St. Peter’s (Beaufort), Holy Cross (St. Helena’s Island), and St. Francis-by-the-Sea (Hilton Head Island) before receiving the assignment to Prince of Peace Catholic Church & School in 2011 where he was named Pastor in 2015. Fr. Smith has a wealth of experience in chaplaincy and teaching in parochial schools. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, kickboxing and music.
Educational accomplishments:
- doctorate in dogmatic theology at the University of Navarre in Pamplona, Spain
- pursuing Master of Business Administration at The Citadel
- licentiate in dogmatic theology from the Gregorian University
- studied French at the Institut Catholique in Paris
Noteworthy:
- speaks Spanish, Italian, French and some German
- member of the Catholic Theological Society of America
- national speaker on sacred music, liturgy, theology and catechesis
- member of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalemas a Chaplain
- elected to the Society for Catholic Liturgy
- member of the Church Music Association of America and writer at the Chant Café blog
Click here read Fr. Smith’s Pastoral Letter on Catholic Education and Prince of Peace Catholic School. Fr. Smith may be reached via email or phone (864.268.4352).
