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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

POPE BENEDICT XVI APPOINTS REV. PETER JOSEPH HUNDT AS
AUXILIARY BISHOP OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF TORONTO

TORONTO (11 February 2006) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, has appointed Father Peter Joseph Hundt as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Toronto. Bishop-Designate Hundt will be ordained to the episcopate on a date to be announced shortly.

In response to the announcement, Bishop-Designate Hundt commented:

“I am honoured to have been appointed Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Toronto 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.”

Aloysius Cardinal Ambrozic enthusiastically welcomed the announcement:

“We give thanks for the appointment of Bishop-Designate Hundt. He brings great experience to our Archdiocese, both as a Pastor and former Chancellor with the Diocese of Hamilton. No doubt he will be bring wonderful gifts to our community. May God bless him as he begins his important work.”

Father Hundt was born in Hanover, Ontario on August 26, 1956. Prior to ordination he studied at St. Jerome’s College, University of Waterloo where he received a Bachelor of Arts (1978) and at St. Peter’s Seminary, London, Ontario, where he was conferred with a Masters of Divinity from the University of Western Ontario in 1981. In 1987 he was awarded a license in Canon Law from the University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome.

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