Conrad John Eustace Meyer (2 July 1922"Debrett People of Today", 10 July 2001 – 23 July 2011) was an English

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priest and a former

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. Meyer was the son of William Eustace Meyer. He was educated at

Clifton College ''The spirit nourishes within'' , established = 160 years ago , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent boarding and day school , religion = Christian , president = , head_label = Head of College , hea ...

and Pembroke College, Cambridge. During the

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he served in the

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. He was made

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1948 (19 December) and ordained

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the following Advent (18 December 1949) — both times by Frederick Cockin,

Bishop of Bristol A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop i ...

, at

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. His first ordained ministry positions were curacies at Ashton Gate and Kenwyn. He was

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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

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, Archbishop of Canterbury, at

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; to serve as

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, a position that he held until 1987; he became the first

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in 1984 when the diocese's area scheme was erected. 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; in September 1994, Meyer became a Roman Catholic and in June 1995 he was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest by Christopher Budd, Roman Catholic Bishop of Plymouth, at

Buckfast Abbey Buckfast Abbey forms part of an active Benedictine monastery at Buckfast, near Buckfastleigh, Devon, England. Buckfast first became home to an abbey in 1018. The first Benedictine abbey was followed by a Savignac (later Cistercian) abbey constr ...

. In 2009 he was made a

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Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...

."Pope Hands out Ancient Title to Retired Newquay Churchman", ''Cornish Guardian'', 18 March 2009.

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1922 births People educated at Clifton College Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II Archdeacons of Bodmin Anglican bishops of Dorchester 20th-century Church of England bishops Anglican bishop converts to Roman Catholicism Anglo-Catholic bishops English Roman Catholics 2011 deaths English Anglo-Catholics {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub