Guy Sansaricq

Guy A. Sansaricq (born October 6, 1934) is a retired American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York from 2006 to 2010.

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Guy Sansaricq
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha
Archdiocese	New York
Diocese	Brooklyn
Appointed	June 6, 2006
Installed	August 22, 2006
Term ended	October 6, 2010
Other posts	Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha
Orders
Ordination	June 29, 1960
Consecration	August 22, 2006 by Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio, Thomas Vose Daily, and Ignatius Anthony Catanello
Personal details
Born	October 6, 1934 Jérémie, Haïti

Styles of Guy Sansaricq
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Biography

Early life and education

Sansaricq was born in Jérémie, Haiti, into a Catholic family. He attended the seminary of the Jeremie Diocese for five years, after which he received a scholarship to St. Paul's Pontifical Seminary in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where he studied philosophy and theology for seven years.

Ordination and ministry

In 1960 he was ordained a priest in the cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[1]

Sansaricq's first assignment was to the Cathedral of Les Cayes where he was trained as a chaplain for Haitian immigrants in the Bahamas, ministering from the Benedictine priory of St. Francis in Nassau. During his seven years there, he became aware of the plight of immigrants, and especially undocumented immigrants. When he completed his work in the Bahamas, he was given a scholarship to study social sciences at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he received a master's degree in 1971.[1]

In that same year, he was accepted to serve in the Diocese of Brooklyn and was assigned to Sacred Heart parish in Cambria Heights, where he served for 22 years. During that time, he was appointed diocesan coordinator of the Haitian Apostolate. In 1987 he was selected by the US Bishops to head the National Haitian Apostolate. In 1993, he was named pastor of St. Jerome's Church in Flatbush, Brooklyn, where he has continued to minister. He was named Prelate of Honour by Pope John Paul II in 1999.

Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn

He was consecrated Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn in 2006 and Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha. He retired on October 24, 2010[1]

Bishop Sansaricq's involvements include publishing a quarterly newsletter on Haitian matters concerning the church, conducting a pastoral institute in Creole that attracts 90 students annually, organizing an annual convention of the Haitian Apostolate, and coordinating an annual retreat for priests and a yearly youth congress. He is also a co-founder of Haitian-Americans for Progress, a service agency.[1] He has also founded a Haitian based Media Service (Tele-Solidarite).

Retirement

In 2009 when Bishop Sansaricq reached the retirement age of 75, he handed his letter of resignation to the Congregation for Bishops. Pope Benedict XVI will accept it at his pleasure. His age induced resignation was formally accepted on 6 October 2010, Bishop Sansaricq's 76th birthday. Although he is retired he remains very active in the Diocese of Brooklyn.

See also

• Catholic Church hierarchy
• Catholic Church in the United States
• Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
• List of Catholic bishops of the United States
• Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops

References

1. National Black Catholic Congress Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn Official Site
• Bishop Sansaricq bio from the National Black Catholic Congress
• Bishop Sansaricq bio from the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus

Episcopal succession

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