Albert Hillestad graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1947 and three years later from the Seabury-Western Theological Seminary.
Chambers (who would shortly leave the Anglican Communion due to his opposition to the ordination of woman as priests) and bishop Frederick B. Wolf of Maine.
[3] In retirement Hillestad served at the Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center in Mobile, Alabama, before moving in 1989 to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where he continued to volunteer his time serving handicapped children at the Centro de Crecimiento.
Bishop Hillestad died in San Miguel de Allende, survived by seven children and numerous grandchildren on June 14, 2007.
[1] The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Springfield, Illinois has a memorial plaque in its courtyard commemorating him and his wife Carol (1925–1978).