Albert Theodore "Ted" Eastman (November 20, 1928 – April 26, 2018)[1] was an American prelate who served as the twelfth Bishop of Maryland from 1986 to 1994.
[2] Eastman was ordained deacon on July 15, 1953, in Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, by the hands of Henry H. Shires, Suffragan Bishop of California.
He was a Member of the Board of Trustees of Listening Hearts Ministries,[9] a Baltimore, Maryland-based organization that provides training and resource for spiritual discernment.
In 1998, Bishop Eastman was asked to serve as Provost of the Washington National Cathedral, during the sabbatical leave of then Dean Nathan D. Baxter.
After the departure of Dean Baxter following his consecration as the 10th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, Eastman was called to serve as Vicar of the Washington National Cathedral from 2003 to 2005.
During that time among other duties he led the planning and participated in the State Funeral for President Ronald Reagan delivering the benediction.
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