Diocesan News Bishop Cisneros Leads Pilgrimage to Cuba April 5, 2017 Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros led a Lenten pilgrimage of parishioners from the Diocese of Brooklyn to his homeland in Cuba. Here, the bishop, pilgrims and Father Gerard Sauer, diocesan pilgrimage coordinator, are shown at the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity in the town of El Cobre. Mass also was celebrated at the Cathedral of Havana. The trip took place March 24-31 with other stops at Punta Frances and Cienfuegos.