About Father Maddock: Born in Attleboro, Father Maddock grew up in Mansfield and graduated from the former Msgr. James Coyle High School in Taunton. He prepared for the priesthood at St. John’s Seminary in Brighton and at the Gregorian University in Rome. After serving his first assignment as parochial vicar at Sacred Heart Parish in Taunton, he returned to the Gregorian University and earned a licentiate degree in canon law. He then became parochial vicar at Immaculate Conception in Fall River and remained there in residence after his appointment in 1980 as Secretary to the Diocesan Tribunal, overseeing its daily operations. He became Adjutant Judicial Vicar for the Fall River Diocese in 1986 and Judicial Vicar in 1989, holding that position for 12 years. While at the Tribunal, Father Maddock was also in residence at St. William Parish, Fall River, and served at different times as temporary administrator of Our Lady of Fatima, New Bedford, Our Lady of Fatima, Swansea, and St. Mary’s, Taunton. He went back to St. William Parish, Fall River, as pastor in 1993 and remained there until assuming his present pastorate at Holy Family Parish in East Taunton in 1997. Since 2004, he has been dean of the Taunton Deanery. For many years, he has been a leader in the diocesan Catholic Youth Organization or CYO, first as the Fall River area director, and since 1994 as diocesan director.