Bernard was born at St. Andrew’s in 1797. He studied For ten years at the Seminary of Quebec and was ordained there in 1822, the first native Islander to become a priest.

Father MacDonald ministered over most oFthe Island and in 1835 he was named Vicar General. The same year he celebrated the Funeral Mass For Bishop MacEachern.

In 1837 Father MacDonald was appointed second Bishop of Charlottetown and was consecrated in Quebec City. He resided at Rustico during his entire episcopacy and supervised the building of the present church there which served as his pro- cathedral. For his first five years as bishop he also had jurisdiction over the whole New Brunswick territory.

Bishop MacDonald closed St. Andrew’s College in 1844 and before long arranged For the building oFSt. Dunstan’s College which opened in 1855. In his time a new wooden cathedral was built and the first Notre Dame Convent School opened. As well, many new parishes were founded and twenty additional priests were at work in the diocese.

Bishop MacDonald died at St. Dunstan’s College on December 30, 1859. His remains were interred in the cathedral basement crypt and recently re-interred at St. Andrew’s, next to those of Bishop MacEachern.

Bishop Peter MacIntyre

Peter was a native of St. Peter’s Bay Parish, born in 1818. He studied at St. Andrew’s College, at St. Hyacinthe College and at the Seminary oFQuebec. He was ordained in the Quebec cathedral in 1843.

Father Maclntyre served all his priestly years in west Prince County and resided at

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Tignish where he supervised the building of

the present beautiful church there.

In 1860 Father Maclntyre was appointed third Bishop of Charlottetown and was consecrated in St. Dunstan’s Cathedral. He was particularly involved in the cause of education through St. Dunstan’s College and in the establishment oFthe two Notre Dame Sisters’ schools and St. Patrick’s School, all in Charlottetown, as well as other convent schools throughout the diocese.

In 1875 he arranged the building oFthe new bishop’s residence (the Palace) and deserves much credit For the Founding oFthe Charlottetown Hospital in 1879. A highlight of his years as bishop was his participation at the Vatican Council in Rome From 1869 to 1870.

Bishop Maclntyre died at the bishop’s residence in Antigonish on April 30, 1891 after along episcopal term of thirty-one years. Following the funeral Mass at St. Dunstan’s Cathedral his remains were interred at St. Peter’s Bay, in the church basement crypt.