Vatican City, Mar 30, 2022 / 08:05 am
Pope Francis accepted the resignation on Wednesday of Bishop Paul Sanchez, who has served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn for the past decade.
Sanchez was consecrated bishop and appointed as an auxiliary of the Brooklyn diocese in 2012. Bishops are required to send a resignation letter to the pope at the age of 75, which Sanchez reached on Nov. 26, 2021.
It is the second resignation of a Brooklyn auxiliary bishop this month. Pope Francis also accepted the resignation of 76-year-old Bishop Raymond Francis Chappetto on March 7.
Both Sanchez and Chappetto were appointed as auxiliary bishops on the same day in May 2012 by Benedict XVI.