Bernard F. Meyer

After working on the family farm he attended St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa, and St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore.

[1] He professed religious vows in 1914 and was ordained a priest on February 12, 1916, by Bishop Austin Dowling of Des Moines.

[2] On December 10, 1934 Pope Pius XI appointed Meyer as the Prefect Apostolic of Wuzhou.

[3] As World War II broke out, Meyer was living in Hong Kong and he was interned by the Japanese.

Being located in the Southern United States also provided relief from the acute rheumatism he suffered from.

From left to right, seated: Fr Thomas Frederick Price , Fr James Anthony Walsh and Fr James Edward Walsh ; standing Fr Francis Xavier Ford and Fr Bernard Meyer in 1918.