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PORTLAND — Bishop Robert P. Deeley has announced new assignments and retirements, all effective Aug. 1, that affect parishes in central and western Maine.
Even with these recent moves, some openings for parochial vicars remain. The diocese is working with the Heralds of Good News (India), the Society of African Missions (Nigeria) and the Diocese of Kumbo (Cameroon) to obtain religious worker visas for proposed candidates to fill vacancies. Once approved by the Department of Homeland Security and their visas obtained to travel to the United States, additional assignments will be finalized and released.
ASSIGNMENTS
The Rev. Benedict Olusegun Faneye, OP, has been appointed chaplain at Maine Medical Center in Portland. He is currently chaplain at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, St. Mary’s d’Youville Pavilion, St. Mary’s Residence and Central Maine Medical Center, all in Lewiston. Faneye is a member of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph the Worker of Nigeria. The ministry of the Dominicans, also known as the Order of Preachers, emphasizes charity, study and preaching.
The Rev. Patrick Finn has been appointed parochial vicar at Prince of Peace Parish in Lewiston, Holy Trinity Parish in Lisbon Falls and Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Sabattus. Finn is currently parochial vicar of Corpus Christi Parish in Waterville.
The Rev. Selvaraj Kasi, HGN, has been appointed parochial vicar at the Parish of the Precious Blood in Aroostook County. He is currently parochial vicar at Prince of Peace Parish in Lewiston, Holy Trinity Parish in Lisbon Falls and Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Sabattus. Heralds of Good News is a missionary society of apostolic life in India that specializes in missionary work and the promotion of vocations to the priesthood.
The Rev. Arokiasamy Santhiyagu, HGN, has been appointed chaplain at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, St. Mary’s d’Youville Pavilion, St. Mary’s Residence and Central Maine Medical Center, all in Lewiston. He is currently half-time hospital chaplain at MaineGeneral Health in Augusta and half-time parochial vicar at St. Michael Parish in Augusta.
The Rev. Nehru Stephen Savayaria, HGN, has been appointed parochial vicar at Corpus Christi Parish, which includes Notre Dame Church, Waterville; St. John the Baptist Church, Winslow; St. Helena Church, Belgrade Lakes. He is currently parochial vicar at the Parish of the Precious Blood in Caribou.
The Rev. Peter Shaba, SMA, has been appointed parochial vicar at St. Bartholomew Parish in Cape Elizabeth, South Portland and Scarborough. He is currently parochial vicar at St. Joseph Parish in Bridgton and St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish in Norway. Shaba is a member of the Society of African Missions, an international community of missionaries founded in France in 1856.
RETIREMENTS
The Rev. Joseph Cahill will retire from full-time active ministry. He intends to continue exercising his priestly ministry by providing coverage in parishes as needed. Cahill’s first parish assignment was as assistant pastor at St. Joseph Parish in Lewiston unil 1978, when he was appointed assistant pastor at St. Mary Parish in Houlton. He servied in Portland, Down East and Aroostook County before being appointed pastor of St. Theresa Parish in Oakland in 1998, and then, in 2000, was named pastor of St. Bridget Parish in North Vassalboro.
After some postings in southern Maine, Cahill in 2012 was named parochial vicar of St. Joseph Parish in Bridgton, St. Anne Parish in Gorham, St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Westbrook and Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Windham. In 2013, he was appointed pastor of St. Agnes Parish in Pittsfield and Our Lady of the Snows Parish in Dexter, where he served until receiving his current assignments in June of 2015. In addition to his parish assignments, Cahill has a Knights of Columbus chaplain for councils in Lewiston, Bar Harbor and Oakland.
The Rev. Mark Nolette will retire from full-time active ministry effective July 1, for medical reasons. For the foreseeable future, he intends to continue celebrating Mass, on a limited basis, in his current parishes where he will continue to reside. A native of Biddeford, his first assignment was at St. Augustine Parish in Augusta. In 1989, he studied canon law at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
When he returned from canon law studies, he was assigned to full-time ministry in the Diocese of Portland’s Tribunal in June of 1991. The Tribunal handles adjudication in cases involving canon law of the Catholic Church. He served as temporary administrator at St. Gregory Parish in Gray in 1991. In addition to tribunal work, he served many parishes Down East. He also served as a sacramental minister at the Augusta Mental Health Institute, a vicar forane, and as a member of the Diocese of Portland’s Presbyteral Council and College of Consultors. In addition, Nolette is a contributing writer to Harvest, the magazine of the Diocese of Portland.
