Career
Early life and education
Ordination and ministry
Estabrook was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Edwin Broderick on May 30, 1969. Military chaplain
Estabrook entered the chaplaincy of the United States Navy on July 4, 1977, and then served as chaplain at the Naval Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida until 1978. He served at Naval Station Mayport (1978–1980) and at Marine Corps Base (1980–1982) before studying at the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia.
He worked in recruitment and endorsing at the Navy Chief of Chaplains Office from 1983 to 1986.
Estabrook was a chaplain aboard the United States Ship Carl Vinson from 1986 to 1988, whence he was transferred to the United States Naval Hospital in Oakland, California. He was a chaplain at the Naval Air Station Sigonella (1989–1991) and a basic course officer at the Naval Education and Training Command in Newport, Rhode Island (1991–1994) before serving as an Executive Assistant at the Department of Navy from 1994 to 1997.
He was named to the Naval Station in Pearl Harbor as command chaplain in 1997, and served in the same capacity at Marine Corps Base Hawaii from 2000 to 2004. Auxiliary Bishop for the Military Services
On May 7, 2004, Estabrook was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Armed Forces and Titular Bishop of Flenucleta by Pope John Paul World War II He received his episcopal consecration on the following July 3 from Archbishop Edwin O"Brien, with Bishops Howard Hubbard and William Weigand serving as co-consecrators, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
He retired from the Navy on June 17, 2004, as Captain.
He was awarded two Meritorious Service Medals and Navy Commendation Medals, and three Legion of Merit Medals. He was Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus and a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre. Death
Estabrook died in Houston, Texas on February 4, 2012, aged 67.