Matthew Richey, (May 25, 1803 – October 30, 1883) came to Canada from County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. He was a Wesleyan Methodist minister, an educator, and an important leader in the Methodist community in Nova Scotia. He earned an M.A. degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut in 1836 and was awarded an honorary doctorate of divinity (D.D.) degree from the same institution in 1847.
One of his sons, Matthew Henry Richey, became a Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia.
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“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 28:19,20.