AUXILIARY BISHOP OF ORANGE COUNTY
THE MOST REVEREND CIRILO FLORES, D.D., J.D.
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The Most Reverend Cirilo Flores, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI Titular Bishop of Quiza and Auxiliary Bishop of Orange on January 5, 2009, was ordained March 19, 2009 at Saint Columban Church, Garden Grove. His motto is "For the greater glory of God".

The native of Corona, Calif., Bishop Flores graduated from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and then from Stanford University School of Law. He practiced law before he entered Saint John’s Seminary in Camarillo, Calif. in 1986. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 8, 1991 by Bishop Norman McFarland at Holy Family Cathedral in Orange, Calif. His first priestly assignment was as Parochial Vicar at St. Barbara Parish in Santa Ana. Bishop Flores also served as a Parochial Vicar at St. Joachim Parish in Costa Mesa and served briefly as the administrator of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in Newport Beach. In 1997, he was assigned to Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in La Habra where he served as Parochial Vicar until his appointment as Pastor of St. Anne Parish in Santa Ana in 2000. In September of 2008 he was appointed as Pastor of St. Norbert’s Parish in Orange.