Albert Gregory Meyer


Albert Gregory Meyer was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago from 1958 until his death in 1965, and was appointed a cardinal in 1959.

Albert Meyer was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Peter James and Mathilda Meyer, who were German immigrants. The fourth of five children, he had two brothers and two sisters one sister became a nun. As a child, Meyer would pretend to say Mass with a toy altar and a glass of water for the chalice of wine.

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