Joseph Charron was born in Redfield, South Dakota, on December 30,1939.
11 Facts About Joseph Charron
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Joseph Charron made his religious profession as a member of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood on August 15,1961.
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Joseph Charron received his Bachelor of Theology degree in 1963 and his Master of Theology degree in 1966 from the University of Dayton.
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Joseph Charron earned a Licentiate in Sacred Theology at Lateran University in Rome in 1968, and a doctorate at the Academia Alfonsiana in Rome in 1970.
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On June 3,1967, Charron was ordained to the priesthood for the Missionaries of the Sacred Blood by Bishop Edward A McCarthy in Carthagena, Ohio.
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In 1970, Charron served as an assistant professor of theology at St John's University in St Joseph, Minnesota.
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In 1979, Joseph Charron was appointed provincial director of the Kansas City Province of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood.
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Joseph Charron returned to St John's University in 1987, becoming an adjunct professor of theology.
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Joseph Charron was consecrated on January 25,1990, by Archbishop John Roach.
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Joseph Charron was following the recommendations of an internal committee that had recommended their dismissal and ultimate laicization.
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Joseph Charron had been diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica, a chronic medical condition.