Very Reverend John D. Dickinson, J.V.

The Very Reverend John (Jack) D. Dickinson has been serving as pastor of St. John Paul II Parish since August 1, 2020. 

A graduate of Marshwood High School in South Berwick, Fr. Dickinson earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Providence College in Rhode Island and completed his clerical studies at the Theological College at The Catholic University of America. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 28, 2011, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland.

In June 2011, Fr. Dickinson was appointed parochial vicar of Corpus Christi Parish in Waterville. In August 2013, he was appinted parochial vicar of Good Shepherd Parish in Biddeford/Saco, where he served until beginning advanced studies at the School of Canon Law at The Catholic University of America in August 2015. He returned to Maine in September 2017, where he served as parochial vicar of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux Parish, Sanford, parochial vicar of Saint Matthew Parish, Limerick, and the Department of Canonical Services.

In addition to serving as pastor of St. John Paul II Parish, Fr. Dickinson is the Judicial Vicar and Director of the Canonical Services Department for the Diocese of Portland.