Education
He studied in Saint Bonaventure University, New York, and the Pontifical North American College, Rome.
He studied in Saint Bonaventure University, New York, and the Pontifical North American College, Rome.
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 Saint Vincent Ferrer Parochial School, Cathedral Preparatory Seminary and Cathedral College. Ordained a Roman Catholic Priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn in 1971, Bishop Sanchez holds the STB and Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome and an Master of Arts in Liturgical Studies from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana.
He served as parochial vicar of Our Lady of Mercy, Forest Hills, Saint Michael, Flushing and Saint Sebastian, Woodside.
Bishop Sanchez served as pastor of Saint 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, New York, and the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, Huntington, New New York