page_title: Bernard F. Meyer
section_title: Priesthood
hierarchical_section_title: Bernard F. Meyer / Priesthood
caption_attribution_description: English: Fathers Thomas F. Price, seated at left, and James A. Walsh, seated at center, co-founders of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, pose for a photo with fellow Maryknoll Fathers James E. Walsh, seated at right, Francis X. Ford, standing at left, and Bernard Meyer, at Maryknoll, N.Y., in 1918.
context_page_description: Bernard F. Meyer, M.M. was an American Catholic missionary. As a member of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, he was assigned to missions in China. He served as the Prefect Apostolic of Wuzhou from 1934-1939.
context_section_description: After ordination Meyer was appointed to the minor seminary faculty at Venard.  The following year he was assigned as one of the first Maryknoll missionaries to South China. He was a delegate to Maryknoll's first General Chapter in 1929 after which he returned to Wuzhou (Wuchow). He was named the superior of the mission on October 30, 1931. On December 10, 1934 Pope Pius XI appointed Meyer as the Prefect Apostolic of Wuzhou. He suffered health problems and he resigned his position on July 20, 1939. As World War II broke out, Meyer was living in Hong Kong and he was interred by the Japanese. He was offered repatriation, but instead chose to take care of the medical and spiritual needs of his fellow prisoners. He returned to the United States as a delegate to the Third General Chapter in 1946. Meyer returned to Guangdong (Canton), but was exiled from China by the Communists in 1950.
  Bishop Vincent Waters of the Diocese of Raleigh invited Meyer to promote Catholic Action in his diocese.  Being located in the Southern United States also provided relief from the acute rheumatism he suffered from.
caption: 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.
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