US-based Nigerian Catholic priest d!es in his sleep

A Nigerian Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Andrew Ifele, has passed away in the United States. 

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Fr. Ifele d!ed in his sleep on Monday, April 27, 2026.

Until his demise, he was the administrator of La Santisima Trinidad in Arroyo Seco, Archdiocese of Santa Fe, USA. 

Fr. Ifele had served as priest at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Questa and its mission churches—Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in Cerro, Sagrado Corazón in Costilla, Santo Niño in Amalia, and St. Edwin’s in Red River, since 2011.

The Catholic Diocese of Awka confirmed the news in a statement on Tuesday.

According to the statement signed by the chancellor, Rev. Fr. Charles Ndubisi, the funeral arrangement will be announced soon.