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The Right Reverend (abbreviated as The Rt Rev'd or The Rt Rev.) is an honorific style given to certain religious figures and members of a clergy. Overview [ edit ]
Bishop: "the Right Reverend" (Rt. Rev.); formally addressed as My Lord rather than Your Excellency. This style is an ancient one, and has been used in the western church for more than a thousand years; it corresponds to, but does not derive from, the Italian Monsignore and the French Monseigneur .
The Right Reverend Father (abbreviation The Rt. Rev. Fr.), oral address Father – Eastern Orthodox archimandrites. The Right Reverend (abbreviation The Rt. Rev.), oral address Father or Father Abbot – Roman Catholic abbots. The Right Reverend (abbreviation The Rt Rev.), oral address Bishop – diocesan bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana
Abbreviations for Reverend include Rev., Revd (or Rev d), and Rev'd. The Reverend is traditionally used as an adjectival form with first names (or initials) and surname, e.g. "the Reverend John Smith" or "the Reverend J. F. Smith"; if the first names (or initials) are unknown, the correct form is "The Reverend Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms Smith". [3]
The Rt. Rev. Matthew Foster Heyd is an American prelate who has served as the 17th bishop of New York since 2024. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was consecrated as bishop co-adjutor in 2023, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] having previously served for 10 years as rector of the Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York City .
On November 25, 1963 he represented presiding bishop, the Rt. Rev. Arthur C. Lichtenberger, in the funeral procession President John F. Kennedy. [6] Throughout the 1960s he worked with other religious leaders to overcome racial tensions. He was criticized by some for being a member of several institutions that excluded blacks.
In 1870, the Diocese of Maryland held its convention in the Church of the Epiphany in Washington, D.C., and Pinkney was elected as coadjutor to the ailing Rt.Rev. Whittingham. Presiding Bishop Benjamin Bosworth Smith was his principal consecrator on October 6, 1870, assisted by bishops John Johns of Virginia and Thomas Atkinson of North Carolina.
Fewnwick was born on 3 December 1943 to Ethel May Fenwick and William Samuel Fenwick. [1] He was educated at Glantaf School, a Welsh medium state school in Llandaff North, at Monkton House, a private school in Cardiff, and Cantonian High School, a state school in Fairwater, Cardiff.