PORTLAND

Bishop Robert P. Deeley has announced the following priest assignment, effective immediately:

• Fr. Timothy J. Nadeau, currently pastor of Prince of Peace Parish in Lewiston, has been appointed pastor of Holy Trinity Parish in Lisbon Falls and Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Sabattus, which also includes St. Francis Church in Greene. This appointment is in addition to his current assignment at Prince of Peace Parish (Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Holy Cross Church, and Holy Family Church, all in Lewiston).

Fr. Nadeau succeeds Fr. Lionel G. Chouinard as pastor of Holy Trinity and Our Lady of the Rosary. Fr. Chouinard retired from active ministry on May 1.

A native of Caribou, Fr. Nadeau has served as pastor of Prince of Peace Parish since July of 2016. He earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Southern Maine and completed his clerical studies at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. On May 18, 1991, he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Joseph J. Gerry, OSB, at Holy Rosary Church in Caribou. Fr. Nadeau’s first assignment was as a parochial vicar at Holy Family Parish in Lewiston, where he served until being named pastor of St. Ann Parish on Indian Island in June of 1995. In July of 1996, in addition to his duties at St. Ann, he was appointed pastor of St. Mary Parish in Orono. In June of 1997, Fr. Nadeau was named pastor of St. Ann Parish in Bradley while continuing as pastor of St. Ann on Indian Island. In June of 2000, Fr. Nadeau was named pastor, in solidum with Fr. Claude Albert, of St. Ignatius Parish and Holy Family Parish, both in Sanford, and Notre Dame Parish in Springvale (the three churches now comprise St. Thérèse of Lisieux Parish in Sanford).

In June of 2008, Fr. Nadeau was appointed administrator of St. Paul the Apostle Parish (St. John Church, Bangor; St. Mary Church, Bangor; St. Joseph Church, Brewer; St. Teresa Church, Brewer; St. Matthew Church, Hampden; St. Gabriel Church, Winterport) and in May of 2010, he became pastor of the parish where he served until his appointment to Prince of Peace Parish last year.

• Fr. Steven G. Cartwright has been appointed parochial vicar of Holy Trinity Parish in Lisbon Falls and Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Sabattus, which also includes St. Francis Church in Greene. This appointment is in addition to his current assignment as parochial vicar at Prince of Peace Parish (Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Holy Cross Church, and Holy Family Church, all in Lewiston). A Boothbay Harbor native, Fr. Cartwright was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Robert P. Deeley at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland on June 13, 2015. He graduated from John Bapst Memorial High School before attending St. John’s University in Jamaica, New York (1997- 1998), and St. Bonaventure University in Olean, New York (1998-1999), majoring in philosophy while minoring in theology. In 1999, he was accepted as a seminarian by the Diocese of Portland and entered the Basselin Scholars Program at Theological College at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He earned his B.A. in philosophy in 2001 but then decided to leave formation. A former collegiate swimmer, he was hired as an assistant swimming coach at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. In 2006, he was named Georgetown’s head coach. In 2010, he resigned as head coach and resumed priestly formation for the Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina. In 2012, he transferred to his home diocese and continued his studies at Pope Saint John XXIII Seminary (formerly Blessed John XXIII) in Weston, Massachusetts, where he earned a master’s degree in divinity. His first pastoral assignment was as parochial vicar at Prince of Peace Parish, where he serves today.

• Fr. Kingsly Reagan Kothakotta Yagappan, HGN, has been appointed parochial vicar of Holy Trinity Parish in Lisbon Falls and Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Sabattus, which also includes St. Francis Church in Greene. This appointment is in addition to his current assignment as parochial vicar at Prince of Peace Parish (Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Holy Cross Church, and Holy Family Church, all in Lewiston). Born in Vellore, India, Fr. Kingsly Reagan earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Acharya Nagarjuna University in Andhra Pradesh, India; a master’s degree in Christian Studies from the University of Madras in Tamil Nadu, India; and a licentiate degree in moral theology from Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram in Bangalore, India. He was ordained to the priesthood in Tamil Nadu on April 29, 2010. Since his ordination, Fr. Kingsly Reagan has served as an assistant priest in Gurazala, which is a village in Andhra Pradesh; pursued his licentiate in moral theology; and taught moral theology to seminarians for three years at St. Joseph’s Major Seminary in Khammam, also in India. Following another brief, parish assignment, he accepted the invitation to come to Maine, where he has served at Prince of Peace Parish since November of 2016.