Archbishop of Saint John's
Bishop-elect Peter Joseph Hundt was born in Hanover, Ontario, on August 26, 1956. After studying at St. Jerome College, the University of Waterloo and St. Peter’s Seminary in London, Ontario, he was ordained to the priesthood on May 8, 1982, for the Diocese of Hamilton. He served as assistant pastor in the parish of St. Eugene, Hamilton, 1982 to 1985; he then pursued his studies in canon law at the University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, the Angelicum, in Rome. Upon his return to Canada in 1987, he served as vice-chancellor of the Diocese of Hamilton for two years before becoming chancellor in 1990. He has been pastor of Holy Cross parish in Georgetown, in the suburbs of Hamilton, since 1994.