Bernard-Claude Panet

Bernard-Claude Panet (French pronunciation: [bɛʁnaʁ klod panɛ]; January 9, 1753 – February 14, 1833) was a Roman Catholic priest and Archbishop of Quebec.

[1] Born in Quebec City, the son of Jean-Claude Panet, he was from a family of 14 children.

One of his noteworthy students was Joseph-Octave Plessis, who actually preceded Panet as archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec.

In 1829, Pope Pius VIII separated Prince Edward Island (PEI), New Brunswick and the Magdalen Islands from the remainder of the Archdiocese of Quebec, establishing a new diocese based in Charlottetown, PEI.

Pius commended Panet for his "open and clear" acceptance of the proposed separation.