Posted on 09/07/2014 3:04:03 PM PDT by NYer
Roman Catholic Bishop Cirilo Flores died Saturday after a battle with cancer, the Diocese of San Diego announced.
Flores, 66, died at 2:47 p.m., at the Nazareth House senior living facility in Mission Valley where he had been transferred this week from a hospital in Los Angeles.
Flores "passed away peacefully," with his cousin Dr. Tom Martinez, Msgr. Steven Callahan and the Sisters of Nazareth at his bedside, the diocese said.
"Please remember Bishop Flores and his family in your prayers," the diocese added.
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Bishop Flores had served as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of San Diego since Jan. 4, 2012.
May he rest in peace! Ping!
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He had a scarily aggressive type of cancer. It just came out in the last wee or so.
According to the article:
On Wednesday, the diocese had announced Flores was suffering from cancer that was "widespread, very advanced and very aggressive" and that doctors determined he was not a candidate for chemotherapy because of "his very weak condition and the advanced stage of the disease."A week earlier, the diocese had announced that Flores, who suffered a stroke in April, was being treated for prostate cancer at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center in Los Angeles.
A merciful death that did not drag on long term.
RIP.
May his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Rest in peace, Bishop Flores. Darn, only 66. May God bless the Diocese of San Diego. (We were Protestant when I lived there, 1970-75 ;-).
May God welcome you home, Bishop, with open arms. Enjoy the mansion the Lord has long ago gone to prepare for you.
May his memory be eternal.
Look at his smile. I wish I’d had Bishop Flores over for dinner before he passed away. He was a nice man.
What type is "scarily aggressive"? It's all kind of scarily aggressive.
Lord Jesus Christ, rest Thy servant with the saints and protect his flock during the transition.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, amen.
No, some cancers are easy to treat.
Some can kill within weeks or a couple months of diagnosis.
When you see someone fail and die within three weeks of apparently very successful chemo, that is scarily aggressive cancer.
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