Bio of Reverend Jonathan M. Smith

Father Smith was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. He has two brothers, one sister, and four nieces and nephews. Before attending seminary at St. Charles Borromeo in Philadelphia, Father Smith earned his undergraduate degree in Government and International Politics at George Mason University in Fairfax. After graduation, he spent two years as a FOCUS missionary at Belmont Abbey College in Charlotte, N.C., where he grew in his zeal for serving young people and discerned his vocation to the priesthood. He served as a transitional deacon at Nativity in Burke, and then upon his ordination in 2021, as a priest at St. Andrew the Apostle in Clifton and Our Lady of Hope in Potomac Falls.