Education
Stanistreet was educated at Trent College and Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1924.
Stanistreet was educated at Trent College and Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1924.
He was a curate at Clonmel and then curate in charge of Corbally before becoming the Rector of Templeharry with Borrisnafarney. From 1931 to 1943 he was Rural Dean of Ely O’Carroll then Dean of Killaloe Cathedral. He was ordained to the episcopate in 1957.