Rev. Robert C. Smith, interim rector at The Church of St. Luke & the Epiphany, dies at 80 Valerie Russ, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Rev. Robert C. Smith, of Philadelphia, the interim rector at The Church of St. Luke & The Epiphany in Center City, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital after suffering a brain aneurysm. He was 80.
In 2012, he retired as rector at the Memorial Church of the Good Shepherd in East Falls.
After retiring, Rev. Smith worked as an interim minister in the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, traveling from one parish to the next to administer to the needs of parishioners after a priest had moved to another church or died.