Conrad Meyer (bishop)

{{Short description|English Catholic priest}}

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| name = Conrad Meyer

| title = Bishop of Dorchester

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| diocese = Diocese of Oxford

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| term = 1979–1990 (ret.)

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| predecessor = Peter Walker

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| successor = Anthony Russell

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| ordination = CofE: 1948 (deacon); 1949 (priest)
RC: 1995 (priest)

| ordained_by = Frederic Cockin (CofE Bristol)
Christopher Budd (RC Plymouth)

| consecration = CofE: 1979

| consecrated_by = Donald Coggan (Canterbury)

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| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|7|23|1922|7|2|df=y}}

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| nationality = British

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| alma_mater = Pembroke College, Cambridge

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Conrad John Eustace Meyer (2 July 1922"Debrett People of Today", 10 July 2001 – 23 July 2011) was an English Catholic priest and a former Church of England bishop.[http://www.gregorians.org/Servant/sArchive/svt114.pdf The Servant]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}[http://blog.ancient-future.net/2008/01/25/com-box-hero-doctor-william-tighe-notes-conversions/ Per Christum] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120708102249/http://blog.ancient-future.net/2008/01/25/com-box-hero-doctor-william-tighe-notes-conversions/ |date=8 July 2012 }}

Meyer was the son of William Eustace Meyer. He was educated at Clifton CollegeWho's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 {{ISBN|978-0-7136-8555-8}} and Pembroke College, Cambridge. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He was made deacon in Advent 1948 (19 December){{Church Times | title = Ordinations in Trinity | archive = 1948_12_24_724 | issue = 4481 | date = 24 December 1948 | page = 724 | accessed = 17 June 2019 }} and ordained priest the following Advent (18 December 1949) — both times by Frederic Cockin, Bishop of Bristol, at Bristol Cathedral.{{Church Times | title = Ordinations in Trinity | archive = 1949_12_23_858 | issue = 4533 | date = 23 December 1949 | page = 858 | accessed = 17 June 2019 }} His first ordained ministry positions were curacies at Ashton Gate and Kenwyn. He was vicar of Devoran from 1954 to 1964. From 1969 to 1979 he was Archdeacon of Bodmin. On 25 January 1979, he was consecrated a bishop by Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey;[https://books.google.com/books?id=3cxFAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA30 Tustin, David. A Bishop's Ministry (Google Books) p. 30] (Retrieved 26 April 2014) to serve as Bishop suffragan of Dorchester, a position that he held until 1987; he became the first area bishop in 1984 when the diocese's area scheme was erected.{{cite web|title=4: The Dioceses Commission, 1978–2002|url=http://www.churchofengland.org/media/40670/chapter4.pdf|publisher=Church of England|accessdate=23 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607020502/http://www.churchofengland.org/media/40670/chapter4.pdf|archivedate=7 June 2012}} From 1990 to 1994 he was an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Truro.

In February 1994, Meyer announced his decision to be received into full communion with the Catholic Church;Ruth Gledhill, "Bishops Lead Exodus to Rome", The Times, 24 February 1994 in September 1994, Meyer became a Roman Catholic{{Church Times | title = Two bishops go to Rome | archive = 1994_10_07_003 | issue = 6869 | date = 7 October 1994 | page = 3 | accessed = 15 March 2021 }} and in June 1995 he was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest by Christopher Budd, Roman Catholic Bishop of Plymouth, at Buckfast Abbey.{{Church Times | title = picture caption | archive = 1995_06_23_002 | issue = 6906 | date = 23 June 1995 | page = 2 | accessed = 15 March 2021 }} In 2009 he was made a monsignor by Pope Benedict XVI."Pope Hands out Ancient Title to Retired Newquay Churchman", Cornish Guardian, 18 March 2009.