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
Spiritual Care Department: Rev. Devin Dickinson (supervisor of interfaith services)
Lay Catholic Chaplain: Mr. Peter Czerwinski
Tel: 207-626-1227
Riverview Psychiatric Center
207-624-3900 or 1-888-261-6684
Bangor
Acadia Hospital
Father. Apolinary Kavishe, AJ, Tel. 207-973-7000
Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center:
Tel. 207-262-1000
Eastern Maine Medical Center:
Father Apolinary Kavishe, AJ, Tel. 207-973-7000
St. Joseph Hospital
Father Robert Tumwekwase, AJ
Sr. Mary Edmund, CSSF, Tel. 207-262-1000
Biddeford
St. Andre Health-Care Facility:
Sandra Lucas, BCC, 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. Michael Adebote, SMA
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:
Sr. Anne-Marie Bourque, RSM
Dianne Dragon, MA, PhD (c), BCC
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
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
