The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, has
appointed Bishop Peter Hundt, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of
Toronto as the new Bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador.
Bishop Hundt
has served as Auxiliary Bishop since April of 2006.
He replaces Bishop
Douglas Crosby who was appointed Bishop of Hamilton on September 24,
2010.
In a statement commenting on his appointment Bishop Hundt remarked: "I
am honored to have been named the Ordinary of the Diocese of Corner
Brook and Labrador by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. I will do my
best to be worthy of this appointment and of the trust that has been
placed in me."
Archbishop Thomas Collins offered words of encouragement and gratitude
to Bishop Hundt: "We congratulate Bishop Hundt on this important
pastoral assignment which he has received from the Holy Father,
confident that he will shepherd the people of the Diocese of Corner
Brook and Labrador joyfully and faithfully. I join with our faith
community in extending our prayers and best wishes, ever grateful for
his tremendous contributions to the Archdiocese of Toronto."
Bishop Hundt was born in Hanover, Ontario on August 26, 1956.
He
received a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Jerome's College,
University of Waterloo and a Master of Divinity from St. Peter's
Seminary, University of Western Ontario in London.
He was ordained a
priest of the Diocese of Hamilton in 1982.
He served in parish ministry
until 1985, at which time he undertook graduate studies in Canon Law at
the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome.
Returning to
Hamilton in 1987 with a Licentiate Degree in Canon Law, he served as
Vice-Chancellor of that Diocese until 1990 and then as Chancellor until
1994.
For the next 12 years he served as Pastor of the Parish of Holy Cross in
Georgetown, Ontario.
On February 11, 2006 Pope Benedict XVI appointed
him an Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto. He was ordained to the Episcopacy
on April 25, 2006.
Since that time, Bishop Hundt has been serving as a
Regional Bishop of the Archdiocese of Toronto and as the Archdiocesan
Vicar for Religious.
He has also held several positions within the
Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Ontario, most recently as the Chair
of the Social Affairs Commission.
The Diocese of Corner Brook and Labrador comprises all of Labrador and
the western part of the Island of Newfoundland.
It has a Catholic
population of 32,060 including 26 Diocesan Priests, 6 Religious Order
Priests and 28 Women Religious.
There are presently 64 parishes and
missions in the Diocese.