Martin Gough Townsend (born August 7, 1943) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Easton, Maryland, United States, serving from 1993 to 2001.
In 1957, his family moved to the United States and he attended Notre Dame High School in Elmira, New York.
Townsend was ordained deacon in 1968 and priest in 1969 by Bishop Ned Cole for the Diocese of Central New York.
[2] Townsend was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Easton on June 11, 1992, on the third ballot of a special diocesan convention.
He was consecrated on November 21, 1992, in Salisbury, Maryland by Presiding Bishop Edmond L. Browning.