The Times Record

All Saints Parish, based in Brunswick, will be saying goodbye to its pariochial vicar in July, and his replacement has also been announced.

Fr. Normand E. Carpentier will retire from active ministry, effective July 1. Born in Quantico, Virginia, Fr. Carpentier attended schools in Lewiston, Auburn and Sherbrooke, Quebec, before completing his final preparation for the priesthood at St. Mary’s Seminary and University, School of Theology, in Baltimore, Maryland, earning a master’s degree in divinity.

Ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Edward C. O’Leary on May 8, 1971, at St. Louis Parish in Auburn, Fr. Carpentier’s first assignment was as associate pastor at Holy Rosary Parish in Caribou. In May 1972, Fr. Carpentier was appointed associate pastor at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Madawaska where he would serve until January 1977, when he was named associate pastor at St. Ignatius Parish in Sanford. In November 1978, he was appointed associate pastor of Holy Family Parish in Lewiston. In June 1981, Fr. Carpentier was named pastor of St. James Parish in Woodland.

Two years later, he was elected by his brother priests to serve as a representative on the Diocesan Priests’ Senate. In September 1983, Fr. Carpentier was appointed pastor for collaborative ministry at Sacred Heart Parish in Portland. In December 1984, he was named to the position of diocese coordinator of the institutional chaplaincy program, coordinating chaplains at several hospitals around Maine. In July 1987, Fr. Carpentier was appointed pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish in Winslow. In 1993, he served as temporary parochial vicar at Holy Cross Parish in Lewiston before being named pastor of St. Margaret Parish in Old Orchard Beach. He would serve the parishioners at St. Margaret for 10 years before being appointed pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Windham.

Since July 2009, Fr. Carpentier has served as parochial vicar at All Saints Parish — which includes St. Charles Borromeo Church and St. John the Baptist Church, both in Brunswick, St. Mary Church in Bath, Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in Boothbay Harbor, St. Katherine Drexel Church in Harpswell, St. Ambrose Church in Richmond and St. Patrick Church in Newcastle.

He will be replaced by Fr. Robert Lupo, whose appointment is effective July 6.

A native of Caribou, Fr. Lupo was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Richard J. Malone on May 16, 2008, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland. He served as a chaplain at Maine Medical Center in Portland before being appointed parochial vicar at Good Shepherd Parish in Saco in November 2008. In July 2011, he was named parochial vicar at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Auburn and Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish in Norway. In June 2013, Fr. Lupo was appointed pastor of St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in Calais, where he currently serves.