Matthew Foster Heyd is an American prelate who has served as the 17th bishop of New York since 2024.Episcopal Diocese of New York, Bishop Matthew F. Heyd, 17th Bishop of New York
Retrieved 16 February 2024. He was consecrated as

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in 2023,Episcopal Diocese of New York Bishop Search, The Rev. Matthew Foster Heyd candidate page
Retrieved 5 December 2022.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.Episcopal News Service, "Matthew Foster Heyd elected bishop coadjutor of New York"
5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022. having previously served for 10 years as rector of the

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Education

After graduating from

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, Heyd studied at the

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, where he was a Morehead scholar. Later he earned a

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in religion from

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in 1995 and a

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from the

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in 2009.

Career

Heyd was ordained in 2009 by the Rt. Rev. Mark Sisk, Bishop of New York, and served at Trinity Church on

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, until being called as rector of the

on the

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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

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.Cathedral of St John the Divine, Installation of the XVII Bishop of New York, 10 February 2024
Retrieved 10 February 2024. He was the second rector of the Church of the Heavenly Rest to become Bishop of New York, after the Rev.

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who served as bishop from 1921 to 1930. Heyd is a board member of the

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Center for Racial Healing and of

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Family

Heyd is married to Ann Thornton, vice-provost and librarian at

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in New York City. They have one daughter and one son.

References

Living people Providence Day School alumni University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni Yale University alumni General Theological Seminary alumni Episcopal bishops of New York Year of birth missing (living people) Cathedral of St. John the Divine {{US-Anglican-bishop-stub