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Paul Sanchez (bishop)

His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Paul Robert Sanchez
Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn
Titular Bishop of Coeliana
Church Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese New York
Diocese Brooklyn
Appointed May 2, 2012
Installed July 11, 2012
Predecessor Francesco Coccopalmerio
Other posts Titular Bishop of Coeliana
Orders
Ordination December 17, 1971
by James Aloysius Hickey
Consecration July 11, 2012
by Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio, Frank Joseph Caggiano, and Octavio Cisneros
Personal details
Born (1946-11-26) November 26, 1946 (age 70)
Brooklyn, New York
Motto GOD'S GRACE IS SUFFICIENT
Styles of
Paul Robert Sanchez
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Reference style
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop

Paul Robert Sanchez, (November 26, 1946) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Sanchez was appointed Titular Bishop of Coeliana and Auxiliary to the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn on May 2, 2012 by Benedict XVI. He was consecrated on July 11, 2012.

Sanchez, a Brooklyn native, is an alumnus of St. Vincent Ferrer Parochial School, Cathedral Preparatory Seminary and Cathedral College. He studied in Saint Bonaventure University, New York, and the Pontifical North American College, Rome. Ordained a Roman Catholic Priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn in 1971, Bishop Sanchez holds the STB and STL from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome and an MA in Liturgical Studies from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. He served as parochial vicar of Our Lady of Mercy, Forest Hills, St. Michael, Flushing and St. Sebastian, Woodside.

Bishop Sanchez served as pastor of St. Agatha, Brooklyn and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Astoria. At the time of his appointment as Bishop, Sanchez was serving as the Episcopal Vicar of Queens. Currently, in addition to his duties as auxiliary bishop, he is the pastor of Our Lady, Queen of Martyrs, Forest Hills. Bishop Sanchez has been an adjunct instructor of theology at Saint John's University, Jamaica, NY, and the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, Huntington, NY.



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