Effective July 1, 2015, the Rev. Normand E. Carpentier will retire from active ministry.

Born in Quantico, Va., Carpentier attended schools in Lewiston, Auburn and Sherbrooke, Quebec, before completing his final preparation for the priesthood at St. Mary’s Seminary and University, School of Theology, in Baltimore, Md., earning a master’s degree in divinity.

Ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Edward C. O’Leary on May 8, 1971, at St. Louis Parish in Auburn, Carpentier’s first assignment was as associate pastor at Holy Rosary Parish in Caribou. In May of 1972, he was appointed associate pastor at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Madawaska, where he would serve until January 1977, when he was named associate pastor at St. Ignatius Parish in Sanford.

In November of 1978, he was appointed associate pastor of Holy Family Parish in Lewiston. In June of 1981, he was named pastor of St. James Parish in Woodland. Two years later, he was elected by his brother priests to serve as a representative on the Diocesan Priests’ Senate.

In September of 1983, Carpentier was appointed pastor for collaborative ministry at Sacred Heart Parish in Portland and in December of 1984, he was named to the position of diocese coordinator of the institutional chaplaincy program, coordinating chaplains at several hospitals around Maine.

In July of 1987, he was appointed pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish in Winslow. In 1993, he served as temporary parochial vicar at Holy Cross Parish in Lewiston before being named pastor of St. Margaret Parish in Old Orchard Beach. He would serve the parishioners at St. Margaret for 10 years before being appointed pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Windham.

Since July of 2009, he has served as parochial vicar at All Saints Parish in Brunswick.