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At 46, Myers was consecrated coadjutor bishop of Peoria in 1987, with Peoria's bishop Edward William O'Rourke as the principal consecrator, and Louisville's archbishop, Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P.; and bishop of Pittsburgh Donald William Wuerl serving as the co-consecrators. Myers became Bishop of Peoria upon O'Rourke's resignation and retirement in 1990.