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Joseph Chartrand

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The Most Reverend

Joseph Chartrand
Bishop of Indianapolis
SeeIndianapolis
InstalledSeptember 7, 1918
Term endedDecember 8, 1933
PredecessorFrancis Silas Chatard
SuccessorJoseph Ritter
Other post(s)Coadjutor Bishop of Indianapolis (1910–1918)
Orders
OrdinationSeptember 24, 1892
ConsecrationSeptember 7, 1918
Personal details
Born(1870-05-11)May 11, 1870
DiedDecember 8, 1933(1933-12-08) (aged 63)
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
BuriedCalvary Chapel Mausoleum
DenominationCatholic
Styles of
Joseph Chartrand
Reference styleThe Right Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop
Posthumous stylenone

Joseph Chartrand (May 11, 1870 – December 8, 1933) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the 6th Bishop of Indianapolis, serving from 1918 until his death in 1933.

Biography

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Joseph Chartrand was born in St. Louis, Missouri,[1] to Joseph and Margaret (née Sullivan) Chartrand. His father, who was also born in Missouri, was of French descent; his mother was a native of County Kerry in Ireland.

He studied at Saint Meinrad Seminary and was ordained to the priesthood on September 24, 1892, for the Diocese of Vincennes, which later became the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.[1] He was made vicar general of Indianapolis on February 13, 1910.

On July 27, 1910, Chartrand was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Indianapolis and Titular Bishop of Flavias by Pope Pius X. He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 15 from Archbishop Diomede Falconio, with Bishops Denis O'Donaghue and Herman Alerding serving as co-consecrators. Chartrand succeeded the late Francis Silas Chatard as the sixth Bishop of Indianapolis on September 7, 1918.

In May 1925, Chartrand was named Archbishop of Cincinnati and John McNicholas, Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota was named Bishop of Indianapolis. For reasons that are unknown, Chartrand was able to convince Rome that he should not take that post, so in July 1925, the two men switched and McNicholas was named Archbishop of Cincinnati and Chartrand was reappointed to Indianapolis.[2]

Chartrand was once described as an "able" bishop,[3] and as "probably closer in contact with his flock than any other" bishop.[4] He was also named an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne on February 4, 1928.

Bishop Chartrand died in Indianapolis, at the age of 63.[1] He was initially buried in the crypt of Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, but his remains were later transferred to the Calvary Chapel Mausoleum on June 8, 1976.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Death of Bishop Chartrand", Indiana Catholic History
  2. ^ TIME Magazine. Rome July 20, 1925
  3. ^ TIME Magazine. Consecrations May 7, 1934
  4. ^ TIME Magazine. Crosier & Mitre September 19, 1932
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Indianapolis
1918–1933
Succeeded by