Guy Sansaricq
American bishop (1934–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guy A. Sansaricq (October 6, 1934 – August 21, 2021) was a Haitian-American[1] prelate of the Catholic Church who served as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn in New York from 2006 to 2010. He headed the Office of the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops from 1988 to 2021.
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Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn | |||||||||||
Church | Roman Catholic Church | ||||||||||
Archdiocese | New York | ||||||||||
Diocese | Brooklyn | ||||||||||
Appointed | June 6, 2006 | ||||||||||
Installed | August 22, 2006 | ||||||||||
Term ended | October 6, 2010 | ||||||||||
Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha | ||||||||||
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Ordination | June 29, 1960 | ||||||||||
Consecration | August 22, 2006 by Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio, Thomas Vose Daily, and Ignatius Anthony Catanello | ||||||||||
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Born | (1934-10-06)October 6, 1934 | ||||||||||
Died | August 21, 2021(2021-08-21) (aged 86) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||
Nationality | Haitian | ||||||||||
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He was the first Haitian-born bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States.[1][2] He was an emblematic figure in advocating the rights of Haitian immigrants and the undocumented, as well as an ardent opponent of the Duvalier dictatorship.[3]