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	Orange County Catholics Get a New Auxiliary Bishop Pope Benedict XVI Appoints the Rev. Cirilo Flores As Auxiliary Bishop. Flores, 60, a Stanford Law School Graduate, Is Currently Posted at St. Norbert's Church in Orange. By Susannah Rosenblatt LA Times January 5, 2009 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/orange/la-me-bishop6-2009jan06,0,6461734.story Pope Benedict XVI has appointed a new auxiliary bishop to help lead Orange County's Roman Catholic diocese, church officials announced today. Rev. Cirilo Flores, 60, of St. Norbert's Church in Orange, will help shepherd 1.2 million parishioners by making parish visits and overseeing confirmations, among other duties, said the diocese's Most Rev. Bishop Tod D. Brown. Flores fills the post vacated by Bishop Jaime Soto, appointed coadjutor bishop of Sacramento last fall. Smaller dioceses only have a single bishop, but Orange County's large and diverse population requires two auxiliary bishops to help, Brown said, noting: "We aren't able to be in three places at the same time." Flores, a Spanish-speaking native of Corona, graduated from Stanford University Law School and practiced law before entering the seminary in 1986. His has held positions at parishes in Santa Ana, Costa Mesa, La Habra and Newport Beach. He will be ordained March 19 at St. Columban's Church in Garden Grove
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