Paul Sanchez (bishop)

His Excellency Paul Robert Sanchez
Titular Bishop of Coeliana
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Titular See of Coeliana
In office	2012 - current
Predecessor	Francesco Coccopalmerio
Successor	Incumbent
Orders
Ordination	December 17, 1971 by James Aloysius Hickey
Consecration	July 11, 2012 by Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio
Personal details
Born	November 26, 1946 Brooklyn, New York
Coat of arms

Styles of Paul Robert Sanchez
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	not applicable

Ordination history of Paul Sanchez (bishop)
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio
Date of consecration	July 11, 2012

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.^[1] He was consecrated on July 11, 2012.^[2]

Biography

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.

See also

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn

References

1. "Pope Names Two Auxiliary Bishops For Brooklyn Diocese". Retrieved 6 January 2013.
2. "Bishop Paul Robert Sanchez". Retrieved 7 January 2013.

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