Bernard-Claude Panet

His Excellency

Bernard-Claude Panet
Archbishop of Quebec
ArchdioceseQuebec
Installed1825
Term ended1833
PredecessorJoseph-Octave Plessis
SuccessorJoseph Signay
Orders
OrdinationOctober 25, 1778
Personal details
Born(1753-01-09)January 9, 1753
Quebec City, Canada, New France
DiedFebruary 14, 1833(1833-02-14) (aged 80)
Quebec City, Lower Canada

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. He had two siblings who gained some fame in Canadian history: Jean-Antoine Panet who became a Lower Canada politician and Jacques Panet who also became a priest.

He was educated at the Petit Séminaire and the Grand Séminaire of Québec. He was ordained a priest in 1778, and began his career as a teacher. 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.[2]

Religious titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Quebec
1825–1833 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia: Archdiocese of Quebec, accessed 15 May 2024
  2. ^ Pius VIII, Inter multiplices, paragraph 2, published 11 August 1829, accessed 15 May 2024 (in Italian)
  • "Bernard-Claude Panet". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
  • Catholic Encyclopedia: Archdiocese of Quebec


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