Reverend Kent Ouellette has been appointed senior priest for St. John Vianney Parish in Fort Kent. He has been the pastor of Our Lady of the Valley Parish in St. Agatha, Notre Dame du Mont Carmel in Madawaska and St. Peter Chanel Parish in Van Buren since July of 2021. He also was the parochial vicar of those parishes from 2013-2017. Ordained in 2005, Fr. Ouellette has served in several other capacities in the diocese, including as pastor of St. Agnes Parish in Island Falls and St. Mary of the Visitation Parish in Houlton; pastor of St. Agnes Parish in Pittsfield and Our Lady of the Snows Parish in Dover-Foxcroft; parochial vicar of St. Paul the Apostle Parish in Bangor; parochial vicar of Notre Dame de Lourdes and Mostly Holy Trinity Parishes in Saco; and parochial vicar of St. Andre, St. Joseph and St. Mary Parishes in Biddeford. He holds a Master of Divinity from St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland, in addition to a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maine Orono.