PORTLAND – Bishop Richard Malone of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland has accepted Fr. Alfred E. Irving’s request for retirement.
During the past 14 months, Irving has been serving as a hospital chaplain at Maine Medical Center and Mercy Hospital in Portland. Prior to this assignment, Irving had been the administrator of St. Patrick’s in Newcastle, and Our Lady Queen of Peace in Boothbay Harbor.
Irving also served the Portland Diocese at St. Mary’s in Presque Isle, St. Joseph in Mars Hill, Holy Rosary in Caribou, St. Denis in Fort Fairfield, St. Louis in Limestone, St. Benedict in Benedicta, and St. Ann in Perry.
Irving was ordained in 1971. He officially retired Oct. 1.
