Father Rafael Esquen, Army Chaplain and Captain, set to deploy
August 25, 2023 at 10:52 p.m.
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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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