Conrad Meyer (bishop)

Conrad John Eustace Meyer (2 July 1922^[1] – 23 July 2011) was an English Catholic priest and a former Church of England bishop.^[2][3]

Meyer was the son of William Eustace Meyer.^[1] He was educated at Clifton College^[4] 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)^[5] and ordained priest the following Advent (18 December 1949) — both times by Frederic Cockin, Bishop of Bristol, at Bristol Cathedral.^[6] 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.^[1] On 25 January 1979, he was consecrated a bishop by Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey;^[7] 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.^[8] From 1990 to 1994 he was an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Truro.^[1]

In February 1994, Meyer announced his decision to be received into full communion with the Catholic Church;^[9] in September 1994, Meyer became a Roman Catholic^[10] and in June 1995 he was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest by Christopher Budd, Roman Catholic Bishop of Plymouth, at Buckfast Abbey.^[11][1] In 2009 he was made a monsignor by Pope Benedict XVI.^[12]