Cirilo B Flores was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of San Diego in California from 2013 until his death in 2014.
23 Facts About Cirilo Flores
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Cirilo Flores previously served as coadjutor bishop of the same diocese from 2012 until 2013 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Orange in California from 2009 until 2012.
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Cirilo Flores was born in Corona, California; one of six children, he had three brothers and two sisters.
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Cirilo Flores attended the Corona School District and St Edward School.
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In 1968, Flores entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus, but left to pursue a legal career.
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Cirilo Flores completed his bachelor's degree at Loyola Marymount University in 1970.
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Cirilo Flores then entered Stanford University School of Law, earning his Juris Doctor in 1976.
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Cirilo Flores then practiced law in Southern California for ten years, focusing on business litigation.
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Cirilo Flores worked at firms in Beverly Hills and Newport Beach.
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Cirilo Flores was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Orange by Bishop Norman McFarland on June 8,1991.
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Cirilo Flores served as parochial vicar at St Barbara Parish in Santa Ana, California, and at St Joachim Parish in Costa Mesa, California.
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Carmel Parish in Newport Beach, Cirilo Flores became parochial vicar of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in La Habra, California, in 1997.
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Cirilo Flores was named pastor of St Anne Parish in Santa Ana, California, in July 2000, and later of St Norbert Parish in Orange in September 2008.
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Cirilo Flores was a member of the Diocesan Finance Council, Clergy Personnel Board, and editorial board of the Orange diocesan newspaper, the Orange County Catholic.
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Cirilo Flores was a commander of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
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On January 5,2009, Cirilo Flores was appointed as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Orange and Titular Bishop of Quiza by Pope Benedict XVI.
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Cirilo Flores received his episcopal consecration on March 19,2009, from Bishop Tod Brown, with Bishops Dominic Mai Luong and Norman McFarland serving as co-consecrators, at St Columban Church in Garden Grove, California.
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On January 4,2012, the apostolic nuncio to the United States announced that Cirilo Flores had been named by Pope Benedict VI as the coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, with immediate right of succession to San Diego bishop Robert Henry Brom, who reached his mandatory retirement age in 2013.
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On September 18,2013, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Brom, and Cirilo Flores automatically succeeded him as bishop of San Diego.
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Cirilo Flores was expected to receive "treatment for a few days before his release," the diocese announced.
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On September 4,2014, it was reported that Cirilo Flores was suffering from aggressive cancer.
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Cirilo Flores was not considered a good candidate for treatment and instead was receiving palliative care in San Diego.
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Cirilo Flores died on September 6,2014, at Nazareth House in San Diego.