Peter Joseph Hundt

Peter Joseph Hundt (born August 26, 1956) is a Canadian Roman Catholic prelate. Since 2019 he has been the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland.

Biography Hundt was born in Hanover, Ontario. He attended St. Francis Xavier School in Carlsruhe, Ontario; Holy Family School in Hanover; and high school at Sacred Heart Catholic High School in Walkerton, Ontario.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Jerome's College, in Waterloo, Ontario Upon his return to Canada, he served as vice-chancellor of the Hamilton Diocese from 1987-1990 and then chancellor from 1990 to his appointment in 1994 as pastor of Holy Cross Parish in Georgetown, Ontario.

On February 11, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Toronto, Ontario. He was ordained a bishop on April 25, at the Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King in Hamilton with Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic, Archbishop of Toronto, as the principal consecrator and assisted by Anthony F. Tonnos, Bishop of Hamilton, and by Matthew Francis Ustrzycki Titular Bishop of Nationa and auxiliary bishop of Hamilton. As an auxiliary bishop, he was responable for the Northern Region of the archdiocese.

On March 1, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him the Bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador. He was installed on April 13, 2011.

On December 12, 2018 he was appointed Archbishop of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada by Pope Francis. He was installed on January 20, 2019.