Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., shares this selfie with Father Rafael Esquen during an Aug. 25 visit. Father Esquen, a United States Army chaplain and captain, departed the Diocese two days later for his next assignment in which he will serve in the 15th Engineer Battalion on the Grafenwöhr Army Base, Vilseck, Germany. Father Esquen was ordained by Bishop O’Connell May 31, 2014, and recently has been in residence in St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral, Freehold. Staff photo
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