Matt Humphrey

The Rev. Matthew W. Humphrey, EC - Priest

Matt serves as Priest to the Emmaus Community and AbbeyChurch as well as the Parish of St. Matthias.  Matt is also founder of  Wild Church Victoria, an emerging faith community that seeks to reimagine and re-locate the life of faith in the context of God’s good world.

Before his ordination to the priesthood, Matt spent a decade working with A Rocha Canada, a Christian environmental organization, based in Greater Vancouver at Brooksdale Environmental Centre. He continues to occasionally write and teach on the intersection of faith and ecology.

Matt likes to say he was born in a John Denver song – “Blue Ridge mountains, Shenandoah River.” Along with his dear parents, the valley shaped his life, faith, and deep care for how these intersect with the actual places we call home. He moved to Victoria in 2017 along with his partner Roxy and three children and lives in Fairfield.

He is passionate about liturgy, preaching, and the integration of faith with our daily life. In his free time, he enjoys being with friends, bluegrass music, reading, supporting the local economy, and taking his brown Labrador to explore this Island coast and getting to know its beautiful biota.