Silas Chatard
| Silas Francis Marean Chatard | |
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| Bishop of Indianapolis (1898–1918) |
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| Other posts | Bishop of Vincennes, Indiana (1878–1898) Rector of the American College, Rome (1868–1878) |
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| Ordination | June 14, 1862 |
| Consecration | May 12, 1878 by Alessandro Cardinal Franchi |
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December 13, 1834 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Died | September 7, 1918 (aged 83) |
Silas Francis Marean Chatard (13 December, 1834 – 7 September, 1918) was a Roman Catholic Bishop of Indianapolis in the United States.
He was born Silas Francis Marean Chatard in Baltimore, Maryland on December 13, 1834 to Ferdinand E. Chatard and Eliza Anna Marean. Both his father, Ferdinand, and his paternal grandfather, Pierre, an emigrant from Santo Domingo, West Indies, were physicians in Baltimore. Raised in a prominent family, he attended Mount Saint Mary's College in Emmitsburg (now Mount Saint Mary's University), and the Maryland University School of Medicine,receiving a doctorate in medicine. He served his residency at the Baltimore Alms House.
Soon afterward, he felt the call to priesthood and in 1857 began studying at the Pontificio Collegio Urbano De Propaganda Fide in Rome. He was ordained on June 14, 1862, and received a Doctor of Divinity degree the next year. Following his ordination, he served as Vice-Rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome. In 1868, he became Rector of the college. During his time as Rector, the First Vatican Council was held, and was able to meet many American Bishops who stayed at the College while in Rome. Chatard was apparently a favorite of Pope Pius IX.
On March 26, 1878 he was named Bishop of the Diocese of Vincennes, in Indiana. At his consecration in Rome on June 14, 1878, he switched his first and middle name, taking the name of Francis Silas. He was installed in the cathedral at Vincennes on August 11, 1878 and he went almost immediately to Indianapolis, arriving there on August 17, 1878.
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