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Peter M.H. Wynhoven (December 31, 1884 - September 14, 1944) was an ordained Catholic Priest that was born in Holland and practiced in the metropolitan area of New Orleans, Louisiana during the first half of the 20th Century. Prior to his death, he was named a protonotary apostolic by Pope Pius XII in 1943. In his charitable work for the public, Monsignor Wynhoven was the founder of Hope Haven and Madonna Manor, home of the St. Mary's Orphanage for Boys and the Chinchuba Institute for the Deaf, located in Marrero, Louisiana. A native of Venray, Holland, Peter Wynhoven immigrated to the United States at the age of 16, completed theologic studies at Kenrick seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, and was ordained in June 1909. He died of a heart attack at the age of 59 in Nahant, Massachusetts.