Albert Gregory Cardinal Meyer †

Deceased

Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Mar 1903		Born
11 Jul 1926	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
18 Feb 1946	42.9	Appointed	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
11 Apr 1946	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
21 Jul 1953	50.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
24 Sep 1953	50.5	Installed	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
19 Sep 1958	55.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
14 Nov 1958	55.6	Installed	Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
14 Dec 1959	56.7	Elevated to Cardinal
17 Dec 1959	56.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
9 Apr 1965	62.0	Died	Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

MicroData Summary for Albert Gregory Meyer
(VIAF: 48424563; WikiData: Q948359)
Albert Gregory Cardinal Meyer (born 9 Mar 1903, died 9 Apr 1965) Archbishop of Chicago

Consistory - 1959: Created Cardinal
Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Conclave - 1963: Participated
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Milwaukee

a priest for 38.7 years
a bishop for 18.9 years
a cardinal for 5.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj †
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Moses Elias Kiley †
Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Aloisius Joseph Muench †
Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota
Bishop William Patrick O’Connor †
Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Moses Elias Kiley † (1934)
Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Raphael Michael Fliss † (1956)
Bishop Alfredo Ernest Novak, C.SS.R. † (1956)
Bishop Edwin Michael Conway † (1960)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph John Annabring † (1954)
Bishop Ernest John Primeau † (1960)
Bishop Cletus Francis O’Donnell † (1960)
Bishop Aloysius John Wycislo † (1960)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Benjamin Grellinger † (1949)
Bishop Michael William Hyle † (1958)

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1946, Number 25
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 11, Number 532, Ascendance

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