Matthew Heyd was installed as the seventeenth bishop of New York on Saturday, Feb 10,2024, after serving since his consecration in May 2023 as bishop alongside the 16th Bishop, Andrew ML Dietsche.
He served for ten years as the tenth rector of Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York City. As rector, he engaged with congregation and staff to create a “bigger table” of deep belonging and wide invitation. Matt also helped launch Episcopal Charities in the Diocese of New York and served as chief operating officer of a national nonprofit connecting students and teachers in schools to service opportunities. In addition to serving on the EDS board, he is also chair of the Board of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing in Atlanta.
Matt was a Morehead Scholar and student body president at the University of North Carolina. He holds a Master of Arts in religion summa cum laude from Yale University and a Master of Sacred Theology from The General Theological Seminary.
His spouse Ann Thornton is Vice Provost and University Librarian at Columbia University. They have a sixteen-year-old daughter and an eleven-year-old son.