Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Chatham, Josiah G. (Josiah George), Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Chatham, Josiah G. (Josiah George), Rt. Rev. Msgr., 1914-1988
Other form(s) of name
- Josiah G. Chatham, Josiah G. (Josiah George), 1914-
- Msgr. Josiah Chatham
- Msgr. Joe Chatham, Joe
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1914-1988
History
Msgr. Josiah George Chatham was a priest from Jackson, Mississippi, who had known Merton since their meeting at Gethsemani in 1940. They became friends and discussed Chatham's opposition to the war, his protests of nuclear weapons, and his support of Civil Rights in the South.