Joseph Chartrand

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Reference style	The Right Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop
Posthumous style	none

Joseph Chartrand (May 11, 1870—December 8, 1933) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Indianapolis from 1918 until his death.

[edit] Biography

Joseph Chartrand was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and ordained to the priesthood on September 24, 1892 in Indianapolis. 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.

Chartrand was once described as an "able" bishop^[1], and as "probably closer in contact with his flock than any other" bishop^[2]. He was also named an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne on February 4, 1928.

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