Getting to know Canada's first deaf Priest

Canada's first deaf Roman Catholic priest was ordained in 2012.

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Raised a Baptist in Michigan, Matthew Hysell lost his hearing after a bout with meningitis as a toddler. He decided to become a priest as a teenager after reading about the priesthood in school. He graduated from City University in New York, then earned a master's in theology from the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, and an M.Th. at Newman Theological College. He entered St Joseph Seminary and was later ordained Canada’s first Deaf priest in 2012. He was an Associate Pastor at Corpus Christi Parish with responsibility for St. Mark’s Catholic Community of the Deaf. Hysell is now a priest of the Archdiocese of Edmonton, Alberta. Mysell cofounded the Mark Seven Bible Institute located at Camp Mark Seven in Old Forge, New York. Here's a video about Hysell when he first became a priest.

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Here's a video about why he chose the priesthood.