Brooklyn Bolsters its Bishop Count

From this morning's VIS:

The Holy Father appointed Msgr. Octavio Cisneros of the clergy of the diocese of Brooklyn, U.S.A., rector of the Cathedral Seminary Residence of the Immaculate Conception in Douglaston and secretary for priestly formation;

Msgr. Guy Sansaricq of the clergy of the diocese of Brooklyn, pastor of the parish of St. Jerome and national director of the Haitian apostolate;

and Msgr. Frank J. Caggiano of the clergy of the diocese of Brooklyn, vicar for evangelization and pastoral life, as auxiliaries of the diocese of Brooklyn

(area 466, population 4,698,009, Catholics 1,832,235, priests 771, permanent deacons 152, religious 1,452).

Bishop-elect Cisneros was born in Havana, Cuba in 1945 and ordained a priest in 1971.

Bishop-elect Sansaricq was born in Jeremie, Haiti in 1934 and ordained a priest in 1960.

Bishop-elect Caggiano was born in Brooklyn in 1959 and ordained a priest in 1987.

Rocco adds his comments:

A source on the ground up there raises an interesting point: "[T]he fact that the three new bishops in Brooklyn -- even though they represent the diversity of the population (a Cuban, a Haitian and a Brooklynite) -- are all being assigned Titular Sees in Ireland."Respectively, those sees are Eanach Dúin, Glendalocha (which title once belonged to one amatissimo Diarmuid Martin) and Inis Cathaig."Does this mean," our op asks, "that our Holy Father (or our new Papal Nuncio in Washington) has a sense of humor, or, is it a sign of genuine respect for the history of the diocese?" [More...]

Catholic News Agency provides biographies of the three new bishops-elect.