consecrated_by previous_post predecessor successor consecration birth_place title article_title type see term birth_date ordination name church
john robert roach auxiliary bishop of saint paul and minneapolis william henry bullock richard pates january 25 , 1990 redfield , south dakota bishop of des moines joseph charron
 bishop des moines january , 2007 21 , 1994 & mdash ; april 10 30 december 1939 june 3 , 1967 joseph l. charron , roman catholic church
joseph charron

joseph léo charron , c.pp.s .
is bishop emeritus of the diocese of des moines , iowa .
charron was born in redfield , south dakota on december 30 , 1939 .
he is one of eight children .
he received his theology b.a. in 1963 and m.a. in 1966 from the university of dayton .
he earned a licentiate in sacred theology at lateran university in rome , italy in 1968 , and a doctorate at the academia alfonsiana in rome in 1970 .
he made religious profession and became a member of the missionaries of the precious blood on august 15 , 1961 .
on june 3 , 1967 he was ordained to the roman catholic priesthood in carthagena , ohio .
charron was an assistant professor of theology at st. john 's university in collegeville , minnesota from 1970-1976 .
from 1976-1979 he served as assistant general secretary and associate general secretary of the united states catholic conference and the national conference of catholic bishops .
in 1979 charron became provincial director of the kansas city province of the missionaries of the precious blood , a post he held until 1987 .
he returned to st. john 's university where he served as adjunct professor of theology 1987-1990 .
he was consecrated auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of saint paul and minneapolis on january 25 , 1990 .
he was named bishop of the diocese of des moines on january 21 , 1994 .
he announced his retirement on april 10 , 2007 for health reasons .
