San Diego bishop expected to leave hospital this week after stroke
Roman Catholic Bishop Cirilo Flores, who suffered a stroke April 16, is expected to leave the hospital this week but will not be able to return to his pastoral duties for four to six weeks, the Diocese of San Diego announced Tuesday.
“Bishop Flores has been advised by his doctors that he will not be able to return to work at the Pastoral Center or celebrate litugries for a period of four to six weeks,” said Msgr. Steven Callahan, the vicar general.
“Pastors who have Bishop Flores scheduled for Confirmation should plan to confer the sacrament themselves or invite their dean to do so,” Callahan said. “Bishop Flores is grateful for all who have been praying for his recovery to good health.”
Flores, 65, has been bishop here since September 2013.
A native of Corona, he received a bachelor’s degree from Loyola Marymount University and then a law degree from Stanford. He practiced law for a decade in Riverside and Los Angeles counties before being ordained in 1991 as a priest in the Diocese of Orange.
After serving in several posts in Orange County, he was named as coadjutor bishop in San Diego by Pope Benedict XVI in January 2012. In September 2013, as planned, he became the fifth bishop of the San Diego diocese, succeeding Bishop Robert Brom, who retired.
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