Most Reverend Bishop Wayne Lawrence Lobsinger Appointed the 14th Bishop for the Diocese of Peterborough

His Holiness Pope Leo XIV announced on Friday, November 13, 2026, the appointment of Most Reverend Bishop Wayne Lawrence Lobsinger as the fourteenth Bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough.  Most Reverend Bishop Lobsinger will succeed Most Reverend Bishop Miehm who was installed on June 29, 2026, as the eleventh bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of London.  Details about the installation of Bishop Lobsinger as the Bishop of Peterborough will follow later.   In the interim, Bishop Miehm continues to serve as the Apostolic Administrator. 

 LINK for the Joint Statement from the Diocese of Peterborough and the Diocese of Hamilton: https://peterboroughdiocese.org/a-new-bishop-for-the-diocese-of-peterborough/

 Let us pray that the Lord will bless Bishop Lobsinger with wisdom, strength, and joy, and that Mary, Mother of the Church, will accompany him as he shepherds the people entrusted to his episcopal care.