Most Reverend Peter J. Hundt
Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto

Con-celebrant of the Mass
Friday, May 1, 2009

Bishop Peter Joseph Hundt was born on a dairy farm in Hanover, Ontario, on August 26, 1956. He attended St. Peter’s Seminary in London and was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Hamilton on May 8, 1982. After serving as an associate pastor at St. Eugene Parish in Hamilton from 1982 to 1985, Bishop Hundt completed graduate studies at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, and in 1987 was awarded a license in canon law. On returning to Canada, he served as vice-chancellor of the Hamilton Diocese from 1987 until 1990 and as chancellor from 1990 to 1994. From 1994 - 2006, Bishop Hundt served as the pastor of Holy Cross Parish in Georgetown, Ontario.

He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto by Pope Benedict XVI on February 11, 2006 and received his Episcopal ordination on April 25, 2006 at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Hamilton, Ontario. On May 2, 2006 he was appointed Vicar General, Regional Bishop for the Northern and Eastern Pastoral Regions and as Vicar for Religious for the Archdiocese of Toronto. That same year he was appointed Liaison Bishop, for the Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ontario Liturgical Conference. In 2007 he was appointed Spiritual Advisor for the Ontario Provincial Council of the Catholic Women’s League and in 2008 appointed chair of the Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Social Affairs Commission.