CALIFORNIA
U-T San Diego
By Susan Shroder
SEPT. 3, 2014
SAN DIEGO — Bishop Cirilo Flores, head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, has been diagnosed with an advanced stage of cancer, the diocese said Wednesday.
The disease, which is in his bones, is “widespread, very advanced and very aggressive,” Monsignor Steven Callahan said in a statement.
“Unfortunately, Bishop Flores is not a candidate for chemotherapy because of his very weak condition and the advanced stage of the disease,” the statement said.
Flores, 66, has been hospitalized at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center in Los Angeles, where he was being treated for prostate cancer, while still suffering some effects from a stroke he suffered in April, the diocese said last week.
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