Albert Gregory Cardinal Meyer †

Deceased

Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Mar 1903		Born	Milwaukee
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	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
21 Jul 1953	50.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
19 Sep 1958	55.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
14 Dec 1959	56.8	Elevated to Cardinal
14 Dec 1959	56.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia
9 Apr 1965	62.1	Died	Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

Consistory - 1959: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1963: Participated

a priest for 38.7 years
a bishop for 19.0 years
a cardinal for 5.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj †
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Moses Elias Kiley †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Aloysius Joseph Cardinal Muench †
Bishop William Patrick O’Connor †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Albert Gregory Cardinal Meyer † (1946)
Archbishop Moses Elias Kiley † (1934)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph John Annabring †
Bishop Ernest John Primeau †
Bishop Cletus Francis O'Donnell †
Bishop Aloysius John Wycislo †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Benjamin Grellinger †
Bishop Michael William Hyle †

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