Cirilo Flores (Bishop)

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Cirilo Flores (2013)

Cirilo B. Flores (born June 20, 1948 in Corona , California - † September 6, 2014 in San Diego , California) was Bishop of San Diego .

Life

Cirilo Flores was born in Corona, California in 1948 as the third of six children. He attended local schools and graduated from the Catholic Notre Dame High School in Riverside in the Diocese of San Bernardino . Flores studied at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and Stanford University before spending ten years as a lawyer in Los Angeles and Riverside Counties. In 1986 he entered the St. John Seminary in Camarillo . Flores received the sacrament of ordination for the Diocese of Orange, California on June 8, 1991 from the Bishop of Orange in California, Norman Francis McFarland . As parish vicar he worked in the cities of Santa Ana , Costa Mesa , Newport Beach and La Habra . From 2000 he was pastor of the congregation of St. Anne in Santa Ana, from September 2008 pastor of St. Norbert in Orange .

On January 5, 2009 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . the titular bishop of Quiza and auxiliary bishop in Orange, California. The Bishop of Orange, California, Death David Brown , ordained him episcopal on March 19 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the auxiliary bishop in Orange, California, Dominic Mai Luong , and the bishop emeritus of Orange, California, Norman Francis McFarland.

Benedict XVI. appointed him coadjutor bishop of San Diego on January 4, 2012 . In this capacity he supported incumbent Bishop Robert Henry Brom until his resignation on September 18, 2013 was accepted by Pope Francis . With this Flores rose to the fifth Bishop of San Diego and took over the leadership of the diocese.

In the United States Bishops' Conference , Flores served on the Latin American and Hispanic Committees.

Flores suffered a stroke in April 2014. In August 2014 he was also diagnosed with prostate cancer, from the consequences of which Flores died a few weeks after the diagnosis was announced.

Cirilo Flores was a Grand Officer of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem .

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Bishop Flores

Bishop Flores' coat of arms shows an open Bible with a crook on a blue background . This is to express the priest's role in keeping the church together through the word of God. In the Diocese of Orange in California , where he served as parish priest for 18 years, this was his task, which had grown with his calling as auxiliary bishop in Orange and then as bishop of San Diego. Above the Bible and the crook there is a crown which, together with the blue background, honors the Virgin Mary . In addition, the crown alludes to the name of Flores' hometown Corona . In the lower section are three roses, which again express the devotion to Mary, but are also intended to remind of the martyrs of Mexico. The flowers can also be understood as a pictorial representation of the bishop's family name, since "flores" is the Spanish word for "flowers".

The motto is For the Greater Glory of God ("Everything for the greater glory of God"). This is also the saying of the Jesuit Order who trained Flores at Loyola Marymount University .

Web links

Commons : Cirilo Flores  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ San Diego bishop dies after battle with cancer
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Biography of Cirilo Flores. Official website of the Diocese of San Diego. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  3. ↑ Entry on Cirilo Flores on catholic-hierarchy.org
  4. ^ "Bishop expected to leave hospital this week". Article on FOX5sandiego.com. Retrieved June 17, 2014
  5. ^ "Catholic bishop in San Diego being treated for prostate cancer," LA Times, Aug. 25, 2014
predecessor Office successor
Robert Henry Brom Bishop of San Diego
2013–2014 		Robert Walter McElroy
personal data
SURNAME Flores, Cirilo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flores, Cirilo B.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop of San Diego
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Corona , California
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 2014
Place of death San Diego , California