Our Staff

The Rt. Rev. Michael G. Smith served as bishop of the Diocese of North Dakota for fifteen years before being called as part-time Assistant Bishop of Dallas. He has also assisted in the dioceses of Louisiana, Albany, and the Navajoland Area Mission. Bishop Smith is in residence in Dallas for two weeks per month and at home in Fargo the rest of the time. He is the father of three grown children and grandfather of ten wonderful grandchildren.

Active in local theological education through the Stanton Institute for Ministry Formation, Bishop Smith is also a Benedictine oblate, spiritual director, and retreat leader.  He has been active in the Communion Partners mission society and holds Doctor of Ministry and Master of Social Work degrees.

Originally from Oklahoma, he is an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation there, served congregations on the White Earth Ojibwe Nation of Minnesota, and has been active on a national level with theological education and ministry in Indian Country.