FR. RAPHAEL WAS BORN IN ABA, NIGERIA, 24 JANUARY 1983. HE WAS ORDAINED ON THE 19 NOV. 2011 FOR ABA DIOCESE. HE HAS SERVED AS A PASTOR IN SEVERAL PARISHES IN NIGERIA. HE WAS ALSO A TEACHER OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES IN TWO CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLS IN ABA. SINCE 2019, HE HAS SERVED IN OUR DIOCESE OF LAS CRUSES BUT PRECISELY IN JULY 1, 2019, HE WAS POSTED TO IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH, DEXTER NM.