John Talbot Smith

John Talbot Smith (1855–1923) was a Canadian-born American Catholic priest, journalist and author. Ordained for the diocese of Ogdensburg in northern New York, he served parishes in the Adirondacks, edited the Catholic Review in New York and wrote widely on the Church and on Catholic life in America. His novels, among them Saranac, His Honor the Mayor, A Woman of Culture and The Art of Disappearing, mix romance, satire and religious themes. He also wrote a history of the Catholic Church in New York and a manual for priests, and helped found the Catholic Actors' Guild.