LEWISTON – The Rev. Robert D. Lariviere will be the guest speaker for the Saints Peter and Paul Society following the 8 a.m. breakfast meeting on Sunday, Oct. 12, in the Dominican Conference Room. He will speak on “The Selection of a Bishop.”

Under Canon Law, all Roman Catholic bishops have to submit their resignation to the Pope when they attain the age of 75. Bishop Joseph Gerry of the Diocese of Portland has recently reached that age.

Lariviere, pastor of Saints Peter and Paul Parish, is a Biddeford native, attended St. Andre and St. Louis High School. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Edward O’Leary on June 17, 1978, after completing clerical studies at St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore, Md. He has served as assistant pastor and pastor in many parishes throughout the Diocese of Portland.

In 1989 he earned his licentiate in sacred theology from Catholic University of America. Since then, he has served on the Institutional Ethics Committee of St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center as well as numerous other committees.