The Fifth Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, Monsignor Cirilo B. Flores was born in Corona, California, on June 20, 1948, the third child of Cirilo and Armida Flores. He attended local schools, graduating from St. Edward Parish School, Corona, and Notre Dame High School, Riverside.
Receiveing a bachelor's degree from Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles and the Juris Doctor law degree from Stanford University School of Law, he practiced law in Riverside and Los Angeles counties for ten years before entering St. John's Seminary in Camarillo in 1986.
Ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Orange on June 8, 1991, by Bishop Norman McFarland, he served as parochial vicar at St. Barbara Parish (Santa Ana), St. Joachim (Costa Mesa), Our Lady of Mount Carmel, (Newport Beach, administrator), and Our Lady of Guadalupe (La Habra). In 2000, he was appointed pastor of St. Anne Parish in Santa Ana and in September of 2008, pastor of St. Norbert Parish, Orange.
Flores was appointed Auxiliary for the Diocese of Orange by Pope Benedict XVI on January 5, 2009, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Quiza on March 19, 2009, from Bishop Tod David Brown, assisted by Bishops Norman McFarland and Dominic Mai Luong.
Appointed him to serve as Vicar for Charities for the Diocese by Bishop Tod Brown, on January 4, 2012 it was announced that Pope Benedict had appointed Bishop Flores to serve as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, to succeed Bishop Robert Brom upon his retirement. With Pope Francis accepting the resignation of the latter on September 18, 2013, Flores became the Fifth Bishop of San Diego
Chairman of the Committee on Religious Liberty through the California Conference of Catholic Bishops and Episcopal liaison for the Region Eleven Council of Priest Senates (RECOPS), on April 17, 2014, four days before Easter, Bishop Flores suffered a stroke. While under treatment, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The disease moved aggressively, eventually attacking his bones, leaving him too weak for chemotherapy. He passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 6, 2014, at 2.47 pm., at Nazareth House in Mission Valley, San Diego, aged 66.
Receiveing a bachelor's degree from Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles and the Juris Doctor law degree from Stanford University School of Law, he practiced law in Riverside and Los Angeles counties for ten years before entering St. John's Seminary in Camarillo in 1986.
Ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Orange on June 8, 1991, by Bishop Norman McFarland, he served as parochial vicar at St. Barbara Parish (Santa Ana), St. Joachim (Costa Mesa), Our Lady of Mount Carmel, (Newport Beach, administrator), and Our Lady of Guadalupe (La Habra). In 2000, he was appointed pastor of St. Anne Parish in Santa Ana and in September of 2008, pastor of St. Norbert Parish, Orange.
Flores was appointed Auxiliary for the Diocese of Orange by Pope Benedict XVI on January 5, 2009, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Quiza on March 19, 2009, from Bishop Tod David Brown, assisted by Bishops Norman McFarland and Dominic Mai Luong.
Appointed him to serve as Vicar for Charities for the Diocese by Bishop Tod Brown, on January 4, 2012 it was announced that Pope Benedict had appointed Bishop Flores to serve as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, to succeed Bishop Robert Brom upon his retirement. With Pope Francis accepting the resignation of the latter on September 18, 2013, Flores became the Fifth Bishop of San Diego
Chairman of the Committee on Religious Liberty through the California Conference of Catholic Bishops and Episcopal liaison for the Region Eleven Council of Priest Senates (RECOPS), on April 17, 2014, four days before Easter, Bishop Flores suffered a stroke. While under treatment, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The disease moved aggressively, eventually attacking his bones, leaving him too weak for chemotherapy. He passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 6, 2014, at 2.47 pm., at Nazareth House in Mission Valley, San Diego, aged 66.
The Fifth Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, Monsignor Cirilo B. Flores was born in Corona, California, on June 20, 1948, the third child of Cirilo and Armida Flores. He attended local schools, graduating from St. Edward Parish School, Corona, and Notre Dame High School, Riverside.
Receiveing a bachelor's degree from Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles and the Juris Doctor law degree from Stanford University School of Law, he practiced law in Riverside and Los Angeles counties for ten years before entering St. John's Seminary in Camarillo in 1986.
Ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Orange on June 8, 1991, by Bishop Norman McFarland, he served as parochial vicar at St. Barbara Parish (Santa Ana), St. Joachim (Costa Mesa), Our Lady of Mount Carmel, (Newport Beach, administrator), and Our Lady of Guadalupe (La Habra). In 2000, he was appointed pastor of St. Anne Parish in Santa Ana and in September of 2008, pastor of St. Norbert Parish, Orange.
Flores was appointed Auxiliary for the Diocese of Orange by Pope Benedict XVI on January 5, 2009, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Quiza on March 19, 2009, from Bishop Tod David Brown, assisted by Bishops Norman McFarland and Dominic Mai Luong.
Appointed him to serve as Vicar for Charities for the Diocese by Bishop Tod Brown, on January 4, 2012 it was announced that Pope Benedict had appointed Bishop Flores to serve as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, to succeed Bishop Robert Brom upon his retirement. With Pope Francis accepting the resignation of the latter on September 18, 2013, Flores became the Fifth Bishop of San Diego
Chairman of the Committee on Religious Liberty through the California Conference of Catholic Bishops and Episcopal liaison for the Region Eleven Council of Priest Senates (RECOPS), on April 17, 2014, four days before Easter, Bishop Flores suffered a stroke. While under treatment, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The disease moved aggressively, eventually attacking his bones, leaving him too weak for chemotherapy. He passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 6, 2014, at 2.47 pm., at Nazareth House in Mission Valley, San Diego, aged 66.
Receiveing a bachelor's degree from Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles and the Juris Doctor law degree from Stanford University School of Law, he practiced law in Riverside and Los Angeles counties for ten years before entering St. John's Seminary in Camarillo in 1986.
Ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Orange on June 8, 1991, by Bishop Norman McFarland, he served as parochial vicar at St. Barbara Parish (Santa Ana), St. Joachim (Costa Mesa), Our Lady of Mount Carmel, (Newport Beach, administrator), and Our Lady of Guadalupe (La Habra). In 2000, he was appointed pastor of St. Anne Parish in Santa Ana and in September of 2008, pastor of St. Norbert Parish, Orange.
Flores was appointed Auxiliary for the Diocese of Orange by Pope Benedict XVI on January 5, 2009, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Quiza on March 19, 2009, from Bishop Tod David Brown, assisted by Bishops Norman McFarland and Dominic Mai Luong.
Appointed him to serve as Vicar for Charities for the Diocese by Bishop Tod Brown, on January 4, 2012 it was announced that Pope Benedict had appointed Bishop Flores to serve as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, to succeed Bishop Robert Brom upon his retirement. With Pope Francis accepting the resignation of the latter on September 18, 2013, Flores became the Fifth Bishop of San Diego
Chairman of the Committee on Religious Liberty through the California Conference of Catholic Bishops and Episcopal liaison for the Region Eleven Council of Priest Senates (RECOPS), on April 17, 2014, four days before Easter, Bishop Flores suffered a stroke. While under treatment, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The disease moved aggressively, eventually attacking his bones, leaving him too weak for chemotherapy. He passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 6, 2014, at 2.47 pm., at Nazareth House in Mission Valley, San Diego, aged 66.
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