guy sansaricq born october 6 1934 was born in jrmie haiti into a catholic family he attended the seminary of the jeremie diocese for five years after which he received a scholarship to st pauls pontifical seminary in ottawa canada where he studied philosophy and theology for seven years in 1960 he was ordained a priest in the cathedral in portauprince haitihis first assignment was to the cathedral of les cayes was instructed to become 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 masters degree in 1971in 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 jeromes church in flatbush where he has continued to minister he was named prelate of honour by pope john paul ii in 1999 he was appointed ordained auxiliary bishop of brooklyn in 2006 and titular bishop of glenndlocha he retired on october 24 2010bishop sansaricqs 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 cofounder of haitianamericans for progress a service agencyin 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 sansaricqs 76th birthday