Catholic bishop assigns new parochial vicar for local parish

Bishop Robert P. Deeley of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland has assigned a new vicar to St. Anthony of Padua Parish effective Jan. 18.

Rev. Dominic Tumusiime will serve as
parochial vicar for St. Anthony of Padua
Parish, which includes Our Lady of Perpetual
 Help Church in Windham  He was
ordained to the priesthood in 1993.
COURTESY PHOTO

Deeley has asked the Rev. Dominic Tumusiime to serve as parochial vicar for the parish, which includes Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Windham, the summer chapel of Our Lady of Sebago in Sebago, St. Anne Church in Gorham, and St. Hyacinth Church in Westbrook.

Tumusiime has served as a parochial vicar at Good Shepherd Parish covering Most Holy Trinity Church in Saco; St. Joseph Church in Biddeford; St. Margaret Church in Old Orchard Beach; St. Philip Church in Lyman; and St. Brendan Chapel in Biddeford Pool since August 2016.

Born in Rubanda, Uganda, Tumusiime was ordained to the priesthood on Aug. 15, 1993. Since his ordination, he has served as a parish priest in Ethiopia; a “father in-charge” of peace and justice/gender issues for the Apostolic Vicariate of Awasa in Ethiopia; the regional secretary for the Apostles of Jesus Uganda Region; and parochial vicar and administrator at Catholic churches in Oregon.

With the support of his local community, Tumusiime also helped found the Rubanda Solidarity Development Association and the Rubanda Solidarity Nursery/Primary School in Uganda.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in sacred theology from the Pontificia Università Urbaniana in Rome, Italy, and in 2007, Tumusiime earned a master’s degree in human development and food security from the Università Degli Studi, also in Rome.

The Apostles of Jesus missionaries serve around the world in the ministries of primary evangelization, pastoral care of the sick, and chaplaincy to college and university students. The missionary society also ministers to impoverished, abandoned, and homeless children.

Tumusiime comes from a family of nine siblings with both parents who celebrated their golden jubilee of their marriage as he celebrated his 20^th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood in 2014.

Before assuming his role at Good Shepherd Parish in Maine, Tumusiime was assisting at St. Faustina Church of St. Anthony Parish in Jackman and for the Holy Family Parish in Greenville. <