Joseph Thomas Heistand (March 3, 1924 – October 14, 2008) was a WWII Veteran and later became the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona from 1979 to 1992.

He was also awarded the Purple Heart, the Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Croix de Guerre for his combat in France.

In 1948 he was briefly employed by the International Harvester Company but a year later he commenced studies at Virginia Theological Seminary from where he graduated in 1952.

Heistand was ordained deacon in June 1952 and as a priest on December 9, 1953, by his father in Trinity Church, Tyrone, Pennsylvania.

Whilst at St Paul's, he was involved in the city's racial integration program and founded the Oral School for Deaf Children and the Adult Center for the Physically Handicapped.