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	Pope Names New Bishop for Brownsville Houston Chronicle December 9, 2009 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6760888.html VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI has chosen a Texas native to serve as the next bishop of Brownsville. The announcement Wednesday says Benedict tapped 48-year-old Monsignor Daniel E. Flores, who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop in Detroit since 2006. Flores was born in Palacios (puh-LAH'-sh's) and had his first assignments as a parish priest in Texas. He moved to Rome for pontifical university studies, and has a doctorate in theology. Flores speaks Italian, as well as English and Spanish. He replaces retiring Brownsville Bishop Raymundo Joseph Pena.
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