Background
Heistand, Joseph Thomas was born on March 3, 1924 in Danville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Thomas and Alta (Hertzler) Heistand.
Heistand, Joseph Thomas was born on March 3, 1924 in Danville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Thomas and Alta (Hertzler) Heistand.
Bachelor in Economics, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1948. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1978. Master of Divinity, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1952.
Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Virginia Theological Seminary, 1977.
With International Harvester Company, 1948—1949. Ordained to ministry Episcopal Church, 1952. Rector Trinity Church, Tyrone, Pennsylvania, 1952—1955.
Chaplain Grier School, Birmingham, 1952—1955. Associate rector St. Paul's Church, Richmond, Virginia, 1955, rector, 1955—1969, St. Philip's in the Hill Church, Tucson, 1969—1976. Bishop coadjutor Episcopal Diocese Arizona, Phoenix, 1976—1979.
Bishop of Arizona, 1979—1992. Retired, 1992; With Army of the United States, 1943-1945.
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1945. Decorated Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster, Purple Heart.
Married Roberta Crieger Lush, June 1, 1951. Children: Hillary Heistand Long, Andrea Deferrier, Virginia Redmon.