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The Rt. Rev. Matthew Foster Heyd is an American prelate who has served as the 17th bishop of New York since 2024. He was consecrated as bishop co-adjutor in 2023, having previously served for 10 years as rector of the Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York City.

Education

After graduating from Providence Day School in Charlotte, North Carolina, Heyd studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead scholar. Later he earned a Master of Arts in religion from Yale University in 1995 and a Master of Sacred Theology from the General Theological Seminary in 2009.

Career

Heyd was ordained in 2009 by the Rt. Rev. Mark Sisk, Bishop of New York, and served at Trinity Church on Wall Street, Manhattan, until being called as rector of the Church of the Heavenly Rest on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in 2013.

On 3 December 2022, at a special election convention of the Diocese of New York at the Cathedral of St John the Divine, Heyd was declared bishop co-adjutor after four rounds of voting. He was consecrated as bishop co-adjutor on 20 May 2023, and was installed as the 17th Bishop of New York on 10 February 2024. He was the second rector of the Church of the Heavenly Rest to become Bishop of New York, after the Rev. Herbert Shipman who served as bishop from 1921 to 1930.

Heyd is a board member of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing and of Episcopal Divinity School.

Family

Heyd is married to Ann Thornton, vice-provost and librarian at Columbia University in New York City. They have one daughter and one son.

References

1. ^ Episcopal Diocese of New York, Bishop Matthew F. Heyd, 17th Bishop of New York. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
2. Cathedral of St John the Divine, Bishop and Diocese: The Right Reverend Matthew F. Heyd. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
3. ^ Episcopal Diocese of New York Bishop Search, The Rev. Matthew Foster Heyd candidate page. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
4. ^ Episcopal Diocese of New York Bishop Search, "The Rev. Matthew Foster Heyd Is Bishop Coadjutor-Elect of the Episcopal Diocese of New York", 3 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
5. ^ Episcopal News Service, "Matthew Foster Heyd elected bishop coadjutor of New York", 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
6. Church of the Heavenly Rest, New York City, Clergy and Church Staff. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
7. "Bishop Matthew F. Heyd". Episcopal Diocese of New York. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
8. Trinity Church, Wall Street, "The Rev. Matt Heyd's Legacy: A Ministry of Transformation", 15 May 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
9. Cathedral of St John the Divine, Ordination and Consecration of the Bishop Coadjutor, 20 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
10. Cathedral of St John the Divine, Installation of the XVII Bishop of New York, 10 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

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