Canon Paul Massey
The Rev’d Canon Paul Massey was born in Frankfort, Kentucky in 1942.
He attended Carson-Newman College where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in history cum laude in 1964. He earned a Masters Degree in educational administration from Georgia State University in 1970.
Canon Massey served as a teacher and principal for 13 years in the Atlanta City, Columbia County, Georgia and Douglas County, Georgia school systems.
He entered the business/non-profit world in 1979 and served as executive director of the Georgia Builders & Contractors Association for three years and as president and CEO of the Printing Industry Association of Georgia for 24 years.
Canon Massey has earned numerous honors during his careers in education and business including being named a Kentucky Colonel, President of the Georgia Society of Association of Executives, the state-wide Society for professionals in the field of association management. He was named “Association Executive of the Year” in 1994.
Canon Massey retired from the business world in 2003 having been ordained a deacon in the ICCEC in 1997 and a priest in 1999. He is the founding Vicar of the Church of the Holy Cross CEC in Fayetteville, Georgia and is also Curate at Christ the King Church CEC in Sharpsburg, Georgia where he leads the Parish Council and serves on the Rector’s Council. In 2008 he was appointed Canon to the Ordinary for the Mid-South Diocese by Bishop David Epps. He serves as a member of both the Bishop’s Council and the Commissioned on Ordained Ministry for the diocese.
Canon Massey is married to Dr. Judy Massey who is a Commissioned Minister of Evangelism and Missions in the ICCEC and who is actively involved in a number of ministry organizations. She is a much sought after international speaker and conference leader. The Masseys have two adult children and three grandchildren. They reside in Peachtree City, Georgia.
Canon Massey enjoys reading history, especially the colonial period and early days of the republic in American history, golf and writing. He writes a popular question and answer religion column called “Ask Father Paul” in the Fayette County Citizen.
