His Excellency Bishop James Ruggieri has announced new priest assignments for October.
Reverend Roland Berngeh will be in residence at St. Peter’s Parish in Portland with ministry in the Portland Peninsula & Island Parishes effective October 7, 2025. He will return to the Diocese of Kumbo later this year. Fr. Berngeh has served as administrator of St. Kateri Tekakwitha since May of 2023.
Reverend Joseph Lukong has been appointed temporary administrator of St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in Calais effective October 7, 2025. Fr. Lukong has served as parochial vicar at the Parish of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Bar Harbor, Stella Maris Parish in Bucksport and St. Joseph Parish in Ellsworth since July of 2023.
Reverend Benjamin Simon, HGN has been appointed parochial vicar of St. Joseph Parish in Ellsworth and Transfiguration Parish in Bar Harbor effective October 1, 2025. He served as summer parochial vicar of St. Brendan the Navigator Parish in Rockland beginning June 1, his first assignment since arriving in Maine from India.
