Vatican City, Jun 5, 2006 / 22:00 pm
Pope Benedict XVI has named three new auxiliary bishops for the Diocese of Brooklyn.
They include Msgr. Octavio Cisneros, rector of the Cathedral Seminary Residence of the Immaculate Conception and secretary for priestly formation; Msgr. Guy Sansaricq, pastor of St. Jerome Parish and national director of Haitian Ministry; and, Msgr. Frank J. Caggiano, Episcopal vicar of for Evangelization and Pastoral Life.
The nominations increase the number of auxiliary bishops for the diocese to four. They will join Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Castellano in assisting Bishop Nicholas Di Marzio with the tasks of ministering to the large, multicultural diocese. Two auxiliaries recently retired: Auxiliary Bishops Rene Valero and Joseph Sullivan. Msgr. Guy Sansaricq was born in 1934 in Jérémie, Haiti. He studied at Saint Paul’s Seminary in Ottawa, Canada, where he earned his licentiates in philosophy and theology. He earned a licentiate in social sciences from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Les Cayes in Haiti in 1960, but he served most of his priestly life in the U.S. From 1977 to 1993, he served as associate pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Cambria Heights, and for many years as diocesan co-ordinator for Haitian Ministry. He has served as national director of Haitian Ministry since 1987. He was only incardinated in the Diocese of Brooklyn in 1991. He has been pastor of St. Jerome Parish since 1993.