Joseph Charron

[1] 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.

[1] In 1979, Charron was appointed provincial director of the Kansas City Province of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood.

[2][1] On January 21, 1994, John Paul II appointed Charron as bishop of the Diocese of Des Moines.

[2] On September 19, 2003, Charron permanently suspended three diocese priests from ministry due to sexual abuse allegations: Reverends Albert Wilwerding, John Ryan, and Richard Wagner.

[3] On April 10, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI accepted Charron's resignation due to poor health as bishop of Des Moines.