biography
| name: |
Meyer, Albert (Gregory)
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pronunciation:
[miyer]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1902–65)
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| biography:
| Catholic prelate, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. After studies and ordination in Rome (1926), he did parish work, was a seminary teacher and rector, and became Bishop of Superior, WI (1946) and Archbishop of Milwaukee (1953). In 1958 he was named Archbishop of Chicago, becoming a cardinal the next year. He promoted building programmes, lay involvement, and desegregation, and he also served on Vatican commissions and was a leading liberal voice at the Second Vatican Council. |
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