Hospital Ministry
“When we come together, with tenderness, with those who have need of care,
we carry the hope and the smile of God." - Pope Francis
The Office of Institutional Chaplains directs the chaplains who serve in all the hospitals and correctional institutions operating in the state of Maine. If you have a question for the office, please contact the Diocese of Portland at 207-773-6471. Please visit the Office of Health Care Ministry, Archdiocese of Boston for several publications with concern to chaplaincy (www.rcab.org).
Directory of Chaplaincy Services
Augusta
MaineGeneral Medical Center, Alfond Center for Health
Lay Catholic Chaplain: Mr. Peter Czerwinski
Tel: 207-626-1254
Riverview Psychiatric Center
207-624-3900 or 1-888-261-6684
Bangor
Northern Light Acadia Hospital
Tel. 207-973-7000
Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center:
Tel. 207-262-1000
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center:
Father Michael Adebote, SMA Tel. 207-973-7000
St. Joseph Hospital
Father Alou Pilizue, SMA
Sr. Mary Edmund, CSSF, Tel. 207-262-1000
Biddeford
St. Andre Health Care Facility:
Anne Theriault, Tel. 207-282-5171
Southern Maine Medical Center:
Janice Biasin-Hanson, Pastoral Care Office, 207-294-5300
Lewiston
Central Maine Medical Center
Pastoral Care Department
Fr. Arockiasamy Santhiyagu, HGN; Tel. 207-795-2291
Fr. Joseph Jum
St. Mary's Regional Medical Center, St. Mary's d'Youville Pavilion & St. Mary's Residences
Lead Priest-Chaplain: Father Arockiasamy Santhiyagu, HGN
Director of Spiritual Care & Chaplaincy Service: Mr. Charles Demm, Ph.D.
Chaplains:
John Baugher
Lisa Watson-Hill
Tel. 207-777-8520 (Medical Center Pastoral Care Office)
Tel. 207-777-4260 (St. Mary's d'Youville Pavilion Pastoral Care Office)
Portland
Maine Medical Center:
Tel. 207-662-2951
Father Amandus Sway, AJ
Father Kevin Upham
Mr. Michael Vaughn
Northern Light Mercy Hospital:
Tel. 207-879-3358 or 207-879-3744
Father Paul R. Marquis
Sr. Patricia Mooney, RSM
Father Amandus Sway, AJ
Togus VA Medical Center
Department of Veterans Affairs
Father Jacob C. George
