 He was posthumously decorated with the "Croix de Guerre avec Palme" (War Cross 1939-1945), the "Légion d'Honneur" (Legion of Honour) and the "Ordre National du Mérite" (National Order of Merit) of the French government and the Distinguished Service Cross of the American government

In 2009, the Monuments Historiques division of the French Ministry of Culture began an $18.5-million program of works at the cathedral, cleaning the inside and outside, protecting the stained glass with a coating, and cleaning and painting the inside masonry creamy-white with trompe l’oeil marbling and gilded detailing, as it may have looked in the 13th century.This has been a subject of controversy (see below).The cathedral is still the seat of the Bishop of Chartres of the Diocese of Chartres.