(Vatican Radio) His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI today appointed the Reverend Daniel
J. Miehm Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario. At the time of his appointment, the
Bishop-elect was pastor of St. Benedict Parish in Milton, Ontario, which is in the
diocese of Hamilton. He will assist the Bishop of Hamilton, the Most Reverend Douglas
Crosby, O.M.I. Bishop Crosby is also currently the Co-Treasurer from the English
Sector of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Bishop-elect Daniel
Miehm was born on August 27, 1960, in Kitchener, Ontario. He studied at St. Jerome’s
College of the University of Waterloo; St. Augustine’s Seminary, Toronto; Saint Paul
University, Ottawa; and the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Rome, where
he earned a licentiate in canon law in 1996. On May 6, 1989, he was ordained priest
for the Diocese of Hamilton. Since his ordination, he served as pastor in a number
of parishes, as well as Associate Rector of the Cathedral of Christ the King, Hamilton,
and founding pastor of St. Benedict Parish in 2012.
The new Bishop has
also been a Judge and Defender of the Bond of the Hamilton Office of the Toronto Regional
Tribunal (1996-2012); an elected representative on the Diocesan Personnel Board (1998-2004);
member of the Presbyteral Council of the Diocese of Hamilton (2002-2004); member of
the Board for Hamilton Catholic Family Services (2002-2008), of which he was President
for three years; and a member of the Board of Governors of St. Augustine’s Seminary,
Toronto. At the provincial level, he has served as a member of the Professional Conduct
Committee of the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario (2004-2010), and since 2012
he has been Chaplain of the St. Thomas More Lawyers’ Guild.