- Cirilo Flores
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Cirilo Flores
Reference style The Most Reverend Spoken style Your Excellency Religious style Monsignor Posthumous style not applicable Cirilo B. Flores (born June 20, 1948) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Orange.
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Early life
Cirilo Flores was born in Corona, California; one of five children, he has three brothers and two sisters.[1] His father was from Sinaloa, Mexico.[2] After graduating from Notre Dame High School in Riverside in 1966, he studied at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, from where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in 1970. He immediately entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus, but left a year later to pursue a legal career. Flores later said, "I went in conflicted to begin with. I couldn't decide if I wanted to be a priest or a lawyer."[3]
He studied at Stanford University School of Law, earning his Juris Doctor in 1976. He then practiced in Southern California for ten years, focusing on business litigation.[4] He also worked at firms in Beverly Hills and Newport Beach. Feeling a returning call to the priesthood, he entered St. John's Seminary in Camarillo in 1986.[5]
Priesthood
Flores ordained a priest by Bishop Norman Francis McFarland on June 8, 1991.[6] He then served as parochial vicar at St. Barbara Parish in Santa Ana and at St. Joachim Parish in Costa Mesa.[5]
After briefly serving as the administrator of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in Newport Beach, Flores became parochial vicar of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in La Habra in 1997. He was named pastor of St. Anne Parish in Santa Ana in July 2000, and later of St. Norbet Parish in Orange in September 2008.[5]
Flores was also a member of the Diocesan Finance Council, Clergy Personnel Board, and editorial board of the diocesan newspaper.[7]
Episcopal career
On January 5, 2009, Flores was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Orange and Titular Bishop of Quiza by Pope Benedict XVI.[6] He received his episcopal consecration on the following March 19 from Bishop Tod Brown, with Bishops Dominic Mai Luong and Norman McFarland serving as co-consecrators, at St. Columban Church in Garden Grove.[6] He selected as his episcopal motto: "For the Greater Glory of God."[8]
References
- ^ "Meet the Parish Staff". St. Norbert Church. http://www.stnorbertchurch.org/parishstaff.html.
- ^ Doyle, Paula. "St. Norbert pastor named new Orange auxiliary bishop". The Tidings. http://www.the-tidings.com/2009/010909/orange.htm.
- ^ "Father Cirilo Flores to Be Ordained Orange Auxiliary Bishop". Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange. http://www.rcbo.org/site/images/stories/occ/Jan_09/OCC_Jan09_page_02.pdf.
- ^ Fields, Eugene W (2009-01-05). "Pastor with Law Degree Is New O.C. Auxiliary Bishop". The Orange County Register. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/bishop-orange-flores-2273623-diocese-font.
- ^ a b c "Auxiliary Bishop Flores". Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange. http://www.rcbo.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=218&Itemid=155.
- ^ a b c "Bishop Cirilo Flores". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfloresc.html.
- ^ "Pope Names Bishop Vigneron Archbishop of Detroit, Names New Auxiliary in Orange, Accepts Resignations of Cardinal Maida, Bishop McRaith". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. 2009-01-05. http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2009/09-001.shtml.
- ^ "Bishop Flores (Follow Up)". Shouts in the Piazza. 2009-03-24. http://shoutsinthepiazza.blogspot.com/2009/03/bishop-flores-follow-up_24.html.
Categories:- American Roman Catholic bishops
- People from Corona, California
- 1948 births
- Living people
- Loyola Marymount University alumni
- Stanford Law School alumni
- St. John's Seminary (California) alumni
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