Patricio Fernandez Flores was an American prelate of the Catholic Church.
19 Facts About Patrick Flores
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Patrick Flores served from 1979 to 2004 as archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio in Texas, bishop of the Diocese of El Paso in Texas from 1978 to 1979, and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio from 1970 to 1978.
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Patrick Flores was the first Mexican-American to become a Catholic bishop.
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Patrick Flores was born on January 9,1929, to Patricio and Trinidad Fernandez de Flores, American migrant workers, in Ganado, Texas.
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Patrick Flores graduated from Catholic Kirwin High School in Galveston, Texas.
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Patrick Flores studied at St Mary's Seminary in La Porte, Texas and at St Mary's Seminary in Houston.
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Patrick Flores was ordained into the priesthood for the Diocese of Galveston-Houston on May 26,1956, by Bishop Wendelin Nold in Galveston.
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In October 1969, Patrick Flores joined 47 other Hispanic priests to establish PADRES Padres Asociados para Derechos Religiosos, Educativos, y Sociales, an organization meant to draw attention to the problems of Hispanics in the church and society.
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Patrick Flores chose as his episcopal motto Laborabo non mihi sed omnibus, "I will work not for myself but for others".
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Also in May 1970, Patrick Flores was appointed chairman of the Texas State Advisory Committee to the US Commission on Civil Rights.
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Patrick Flores was appointed in July 1970 as national chaplain for the League of United Latin American Citizens.
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In 1972, Patrick Flores co-founded the Mexican-American Cultural Center in San Antonio.
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In 1980, Patrick Flores became a member of the Hispanic Caucus Committee, and in 1981 founded Catholic Television of San Antonio, the first diocesan television station in the United States.
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In 1997, when Reverend Billy Graham announced a religious crusade at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Patrick Flores taped radio spots in English and Spanish to promote the event.
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In 1993, Patrick Flores filed a lawsuit against the City of Boerne, Texas.
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Patrick Flores was later credited with helping to defuse the standoff.
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On October 6,2007, A Migrant's Masterpiece an hour-long documentary depicting Patrick Flores' life premiered in San Antonio.
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The plaintiff said that he brought his complaints to Patrick Flores, who did not follow through on a promise to investigate them.
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Patrick Flores died on January 9,2017, of congestive heart failure and pneumonia at the Padua retirement home in San Antonio.