Meyer, Albert (Gregory) (1902–1965)

US Catholic prelate. He studied and was ordained in Rome, Italy, in 1926. Back in the USA he did parish work, was a seminary teacher and rector, and then became bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, in 1946, and archbishop of Milwaukee in 1953. In 1958 he was named archbishop of Chicago , Illinois, becoming a cardinal the following year. He promoted building programs, lay involvement, and desegregation; he also served on Vatican commissions and was a leading liberal voice at the Second Vatican Council. Meyer was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.