PARE, Paul U., abbé (1926-2001) - 1952 (Joseph + Aldéa Audet) Journal Tribune 2001-5-22 Rev. Paul Pare BIDDEFORD - The Rev. Paul U. Pare, 75, of Marion Avenue, died Sunday at St. Andre's Health Care Facility. He was born in St. Hermenegilde, Quebec, Canada on May 9, 1926, a son of Joseph and Aldea Audet Pare, received his primary education in Berlin, N.H. schools, entered the Seminary of Joliette, Canada and upon graduation, studied philosophy and theology at the Grand Seminary in Montreal, Canada. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 7, 1952 by the Most Rev. Daniel J. Feeney in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland. His first assignment was St. Christopher's on Peaks Island. He then moved to St. Agatha's Church, and to St. Joseph's Parish in Old Town, where he remained until 1959. He then became chaplain for the St. Ann Indian Reservation in Pleasant Point and St. John's Mission in Pembroke. During this time, he was the assistant for jurisdictional purposes at St. Joseph's in Eastport. In 1967 he was assigned as pastor of St. Mary's Parish in Eagle Lake, then was assigned to St. Mary's in Lewiston, Notre Dame in Waterville and the Notre Dame Parish in Saco. He served briefly as administrator for St. Anne's Parish in Dexter, and then as temporary administrator for St. Matthew's Parish in Hampden and St. Gabriel's Parish in Winterport. His final assignment as pastor was the St. Francis de Sales Parish in Waterville. After his retirement in 1992, he served as temporary administrator to St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Belfast and St. Rose of Lima Parish in Jay. Father Pare received many appointments during his career, including Chaplain of Immaculate Conception Circle, Daughters of Isabella, Eastport; Chaplain of Knights of Columbus, Council No. 673, Eastport; Acting Dean, Androscoggin County; Vicar Forane, Androscoggin County; Chaplain of Knights of Columbus, Council No. 148, Waterville; and Chaplain, Knights of Columbus, Luke E. Hart Council, Biddeford. Father Pare enjoyed traveling, reading and making pilgrimages all over the world, especially to holy sites. In his retirement, he wintered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Surviving are a nephew, Paul P. Thibeault of Middleboro, Mass.; and four nieces, Jane Rossignol of Wells, Anne Carter of Oxford, Susan Legge of Cape Elizabeth and Elaine Bromfield of Rochester, N.H.