Maine's oldest Roman Catholic parish will hold its bicentennial celebration this weekend.

St. Patrick Catholic Church, the oldest continuing parish on the Atlantic Seaboard north of St. Augustine, Fla., and the first in the nation to be named for Saint Patrick, will mark the 1808 completion of its first church building on Saturday and Sunday.

Festivities will begin at noon Saturday with the ringing of the church bell, one of the last church bells cast by Paul Revere, followed by tours of the church.

A tour of the historic church cemetery will start at 2:30 p.m., conducted by costumed parishioners.

Saturday activities will conclude with a Mass at 4 p.m. celebrated by Bishop Richard Malone in the modern $2 million church that was completed in 2004.
The weekend's events will culminate Sunday with a Latin Mass conducted in the original church building.