Joseph Chartrand (May 11, 1870 – December 8, 1933) was an American

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of the

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. He was the 6th Bishop of Indianapolis, serving from 1918 until his death in 1933.

Biography

Joseph Chartrand was born in

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/ref> 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

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. He studied at Saint Meinrad Seminary and was ordained to the priesthood on September 24, 1892 for the

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, which later became the

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. He was made

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of Indianapolis on February 13, 1910. On July 27, 1910, Chartrand was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Indianapolis and

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of ''Flavias'' by Pope Pius X. He received his

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on the following September 15 from Archbishop

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, 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

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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. Chartrand was once described as an "able" bishop, and as "probably closer in contact with his flock than any other" bishop.TIME Magazine
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September 19, 1932 He was also named an

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on February 4, 1928. Bishop Chartrand died in Indianapolis, at the age of 63. 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

External links

John T. McNicholas Biography
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