Joseph W. Estabrook

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Joseph W. Estabrook

Joseph Walter Estabrook (born May 19, 1944 in Kingston , New York , † February 4, 2012 in Houston , Texas ) was an American clergyman and Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in the US military ordinariate .

Life

Joseph Estabrook studied at St. Bonaventure University in Olean, New York, and the Christ the King Seminary in East Aurora, and the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley . He was ordained priestly on May 30, 1969 by Bishop Edwin Bernard Broderick at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Albany, New York. After pastoral work in Albany , he was director of the Diocesan Family Life Bureau from 1970 to 1977 .

On July 4, 1977, he became a military chaplain in the United States Navy . He worked at the Jacksonville Marine Hospital (1977/78), at Naval Station Mayport (1978/80), and at Marine Corps Base Quantico (1980/82). After completing postgraduate studies at the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia, he worked for the Navy Chief of Chaplains Office from 1983 to 1986 . From 1986 to 1988 he was chaplain on the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) , a nuclear powered aircraft carrier of the Nimitz class with 3200 crew and 2480 aircraft personnel. After a brief service at the Oakland Marine Hospital , he studied ethics at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University from 1988 to 1989 . He then served on the Sigonella military airfield in Sicily (1989/91) and completed an officer course at the aval education and training command in Newport , Rhode Island (1991/94). From 1994 to 1997, Estabrook served in the administrative service of the Navy Chief of Chaplains . He was also an ethics advisor to Navy Surgeon General and DOD for the Health Affairs Ethics Panel . In 1997 he was appointed Command Chaplain to the United States Pacific Command in Pearl Harbor and was Fleet Chaplain of the Pacific Fleet until 2000 . In 2003/04 he served on Marine Corps Base Hawaii .

Pope John Paul II appointed him titular bishop of Flenucleta and auxiliary bishop in the US military ordinariate on May 7, 2004 . The US military archbishop Edwin Frederick O'Brien donated him and Richard Brendan Higgins, who was appointed auxiliary bishop with him , episcopal ordination on July 3, 2004 ; Co- consecrators were Howard James Hubbard , Bishop of Albany , and William Keith Weigand , Bishop of Sacramento .

On June 17, 2004, he resigned as a military chaplain with the rank of captain . He has received multiple awards with the Meritorious Service Medal (2), the Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal (2) and the Legion of Merit (3). He was appointed papal honorary prelate by Pope John Paul II . He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem (KC * HS).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Estabrook, USN Capt. Joseph W., Marine Corps Base Chaplain, Named as Bishop, " Mission Capodanno, May 24, 2004, accessed February 5, 2012
  2. ^ "Bishop Joseph Estabrook, DD," parishmission.org, accessed February 5, 2012
  3. ↑ Obituary Bishop Estabrook ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , milarch.org, accessed February 5, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.milarch.org
personal data
SURNAME Estabrook, Joseph W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Estabrook, Joseph Walter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American clergyman, Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingston , New York
DATE OF DEATH 4th February 2012
Place of death Houston , Texas