LEWISTON — A trio of priests — the Revs. Paul Dumais, Nathan March and Aaron Damboise — are getting new assignments in Lewiston.

All three were ordained less than 10 years ago and the oldest, Dumais, is 40.

Bishop Richard Malone, who leads the Catholic Church in Maine, announced the assignment changes Monday.

The news followed a recent announcement that the Rev. Robert Vaillancourt, the popular chaplain of St. Dominic Academy and the diocese’s director of vocation, is headed to Rumford to lead the community’s Holy Savior Parish.

The changes are part of regular rotations among priests,  Sue Bernard, spokeswoman for the Maine diocese, said.

“There are batches of assignments every year,” she said.

On July 2, March will replace Vaillancourt in both roles, splitting his time between the academy campuses in Lewiston and Auburn and the diocese offices in Portland.

“Traveling comes with that assignment,” Bernard said. As director of vocation he will be charged with helping young men who wish to learn more about the priesthood.

March, 37, and a native of Cumberland, was ordained five years ago in a grand ceremony at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. He has been working as a parochial vicar, or assistant priest, in Lewiston’s Prince of Peace Parish since.

On the same day his change takes effect, Damboise will be reassigned to  Lewiston from his home parish, the Precious Blood Parish in Caribou.

Damboise, 39, was ordained in 2008 after serving in Lewiston’s former Holy Cross Parish. He is slated to take March’s place as a parochial vicar.

Finally, Dumais will split his time between serving as a vicar and as the chaplain at Central Maine Medical Center.

Dumais has been serving four different parishes — Bridgton, Gorham, Windham and Westbrook — while also working as the chaplain to the Maine Correctional Center in Windham and Portland’s Mercy Hospital and Maine Medical Center.

Though he was ordained in 2003, his resume is a long one. Other jobs for the Fort Kent native included work at parishes in Waterville, Winslow, Fairfield, North Vassalboro and Oakland. He also served as the chaplain of St. Joseph’s College in Standish.

“It ought to be more focused for him,” Bernard said.

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