Charles Howard FMS AM (29 October 1924 – 14 January 2012) was an Australian Marist Brother who held the office of worldwide superior general of the order from 1985 to 1993.
[1] He was the only Australian to date elected to lead the Marist Brothers' worldwide organisation.
[1] He was on staff at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, from 1955 to 1956 and at the Marist juniorate in Mittagong.
Howard had studied for a period with the order in France in 1961 and in Rome in 1968 participating at the general chapter as a delegate.
[1] In 1997, he was declared a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in recognition of his service to the Catholic Church and the community, particularly in the fields of education, social justice and reform.