PORTLAND —Bishop Robert P. Deeley has announced that Fr. Nathan D. March, has been appointed to assist Fr. Innocent Okozi, SMA, at St. Joseph Parish (St. Joseph Church, Bridgton, and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Fryeburg) and Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish (St. Catherine of Sienna Church, Norway; Our Lady of Ransom Church, Mechanic Falls; and St. Mary Church, Oxford).

 March will also spend one day a week assisting with hospital ministry in Portland.

Ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Richard J. Malone on June 29, 2007, March served as a parochial vicar at churches comprising Prince of Peace Parish in Lewiston through July of 2012, when he was named the director of vocations for the Diocese of Portland and chaplain at St. Dominic Academy in Auburn and Lewiston.

March’s new assignment is effective immediately.