Albert Gregory Meyer (March 9, 1903 – April 9, 1965) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Chicago from 1958 until his death in 1965.

[2][3] As a child, Albert Meyer would pretend to celebrate mass with a toy altar and a glass of water for the chalice of wine.

[2] On July 11, 1926, Meyer was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee by Cardinal Basilio Pompili, at the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome.

In 1931, he was appointed to the faculty of St. Francis de Sales Seminary, teaching religion, Greek, Latin, biblical archeology, dogmatic theology and scriptures.

[4] Meyer was consecrated on April 11, 1946, by Archbishop Moses E. Kiley, with Bishops Muench and William O'Connor serving as co-consecrators, in the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee.

[7] As one of his first actions in Superior, Meyer banned young priests from owning cars and demanded that they pay back the diocese the costs of their seminary preparations.

[7] In 1956, Meyer published a pastoral letter titled "Decency and Modesty", in which he condemned sexual content in films and television, along with what he considered to be immodest clothing worn in public.

He also instituted a $3.23 million capital improvement project for the archdiocese, including St. Francis de Sales Seminary.

Cardinal Francis Spellman travelled to Chicago from New York City to support Meyer and Pope John XXIII sent him a condolence telegram.

[6]Meyer was created cardinal priest of the church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere in Rome by Pope John XXIII in the consistory of December 14, 1959.

Church observers were surprised by his appointment as he had not spent much time either in Rome after finishing his education or as archbishop of Chicago.

Meyer, an occasional fisherman, once called fishing the "apostolic recreation", and was also known to attend Milwaukee Braves baseball games.