Charles Hubert Le Blond

Charles Hubert Le Blond (November 21, 1883 – December 30, 1958) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of St. Joseph from 1933 to 1956.

Charles Le Blond was born in Celina, Ohio, one of three children of Charles McGinley and Anne Marie (née Brennan) Le Blond. He belonged to a prominent political family in Ohio; his father was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1886 to 1890, and he was a grandson of Francis Celeste Le Blond and a cousin of Frank Le Blond Kloeb. At age five, he moved with his family to Cleveland, where he received his early education at the parochial school of St. John's Cathedral. He attended St. Ignatius High School for six years, graduating in 1903. He then studied for the priesthood at St. Mary's Seminary, also in Cleveland.

Le Blond was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Cleveland on June 29, 1909. His first assignment was as a curate at St. John's Cathedral, where he remained for two years. In 1911, he was named director of St. Anthony's Home for Boys. From 1912 to 1933, he served as the first diocesan director of Catholic Charities and Hospitals. During his tenure as director, he laid a foundation for the many charitable Catholic institutions in the diocese. In 1930, he was one of the delegates sent by the United States to the Pan-American Conference on Child Welfare in Lima, Peru. He also represented the National Catholic Welfare Council at the international conferences on social work in Paris, France (1928) and in Frankfurt, Germany (1932).

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