Services for Father Sam Igbafe

January 5, 2023

Father Osigbheme “Sam” Igbafe, MSP, died Sunday, December 25, 2022, at the age of 55.

Father Sam will be received at 3 pm, Thursday, January 5, at Our Mother of Mercy Church, 3390 Sarah Street, Beaumont. Family and friends can gather the rest of the afternoon. A vigil will be at 6 pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 am Friday, January 6, at Our Mother of Mercy. His graveside service will be at 1:30 pm at Sacred Heart Cemetery, 3720 FM 160, Raywood. Father Sam is survived by family and friends around the world.

He was born June 9, 1967, in Auchi, Nigeria, to Daniel and Elizabeth Igbafe. Father Sam was assigned to Our Mother of Mercy in Beaumont on July 1, 2019. He suffered a stroke in November 2021 and was not able to go back to ministry at the parish.

Father Sam was ordained a priest for the Missionary Society of St. Paul on June 28, 1997. After ordination he served in his religious order as promotions director and at St. Augustine College of South America. Father Sam served in the Archdiocese of Armagh, Ireland, for two years before again working in his religious congregation. He was assigned to Our Mother of Mercy in Beaumont in August 2019.

Please pray for the repose of his soul and for the consolation of his family and friends. May he rest in the peace of Christ, the Risen Lord.