The Rt. Rev. Donald Maynard Hultstrand, Bishop of Springfield from 1982 to 1991, died Dec. 21 in Greenville, S.C. He was 91.
He had served as bishop in residence at Christ Church in Greenville since 2005. He was executive director of the Anglican Fellowship of Prayer from 1975 to 1979 and continued as an adviser. He was president of the Living Church Foundation from 1991 to 2001.
Born in Parkers Prairie, Minn., he was a graduate of Macalaster College and Bexley Seminary. He was ordained deacon and priest in 1953, and served churches in Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Bishop Hultstrand was the author of And God Shall Wipe Away All Tears, Holy Living Today, The Praying Church, and Revelations of Effective Prayer.
Matthew Townsend is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and volunteer advocate for survivors of sexual misconduct in Anglican settings. He served as editor of the Anglican Journal from 2019 to 2021 and communications missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Quebec from 2019 to 2022. He and his wife recently entered catechism class in the Orthodox Church in America.
