Bishop Daniel Miehm

Most Rev. Daniel J. Miehm
Bishop of the Diocese of London  

Biography of Bishop Miehm:
Bishop Daniel Miehm was born in 1960 in Kitchener, Ontario.  After studies at St. Jerome's College, University of Waterloo and St. Augustine's Seminary in Toronto, he was ordained to the Priesthood on May 6, 1989, at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Hamilton. 

Bishop Miehm served as a Priest in the Diocese of Hamilton from 1989 to 2013.  During his ministry, he served as Associate Pastor at St. Francis Xavier Parish in Stoney Creek and the Cathedral of Christ the King in Hamilton, as Pastor at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Hamilton and St. Ann Parish in Ancaster. During this time, Bishop Miehm also served as a member and representative on various Councils in the Hamilton Diocese.  From 1996 to 2012, he served as Judge and Defender of the Bond on the Toronto Regional Marriage Tribunal. In June of 2012, he was appointed Founding Pastor of St. Benedict Parish in Milton where he was ministering at the time of his episcopal ordination.           

After exemplary service as a priest he was ordained a bishop on May 7, 2013 and served as an Auxiliary Bishop in the Diocese of Hamilton. Following his appointment by Pope Francis, Bishop Miehm was installed as the 13^th Bishop of the Diocese of Peterborough on April 19, 2017.

Bishop Miehm holds a Master's of Divinity degree from St. Augustine's Seminary and a Licentiate in Canon Law from the Angelicum University in Rome.

On a national level, he serves the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) as a member of the Permanent Council and as co-chair of the Hindu-Catholic Dialogue. For nine years, he was the CCCB bishop liaison to Canadian Catholic Campus Ministry. 

Provincially, Bishop Miehm sits on the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario (ACBO) Executive as a Councillor, and he chairs the Education Commission.  He is also bishop liaison to the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association.