CALIFORNIA
U-T San Diego
By Peter Rowe
SEPT. 6, 2014
SAN DIEGO — Bishop Cirilo Flores, a spiritual leader for the almost 1 million Catholics living in San Diego and Imperial counties, died on Saturday. He was 66.
The Diocese of San Diego released a statement saying the bishop passed away at 2:47 p.m. at Nazareth House in San Diego.
No details about funeral rites were immediately available.
His cousin Dr. Tom Martinez, Msgr. Steven Callahan and the Sisters of Nazareth were at his bedside, said Rodrigo Valdivia, diocese chancellor.
Flores had been ailing since April 17, four days before Easter, when he suffered a stroke. While under treatment, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
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