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Patrick Flores was born on 26 July, 1929 in Ganado, Texas, is an American prelate. Discover Patrick Flores's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 88 years old?
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Patricio Fernández Flores (July 26, 1929 – January 9, 2017) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served from 1979 to 2004 as archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio in Texas, bishop of the Diocese of El Paso in Texas from 1978 to 1979, and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio from 1970 to 1978.
Flores was the first Mexican-American to become a Catholic bishop.
Patrick Flores was born on January 9, 1929, to Patricio and Trinidad Fernandez de Flores, American migrant workers, in Ganado, Texas.
In the tenth grade, Patrick Flores considered dropping out of high school after his father became ill, but changed his plans after a bishop offered to finance his education.
Flores worked as a janitor at a local cantina...
Flores graduated from Catholic Kirwin High School in Galveston, Texas.
He studied at St. Mary's Seminary in La Porte, Texas and at St. Mary's Seminary in Houston.
Flores was ordained into the priesthood for the Diocese of Galveston-Houston on May 26, 1956, by Bishop Wendelin Nold in Galveston.
In the early 1960's, Flores directed the Christian Family Movement in the Galveston-Houston diocese and the Bishop's Committee for the Spanish Speaking, a ministry that encouraged bilingual congregations.
In October 1969, Flores joined 47 other Hispanic priests to establish PADRES Padres Asociados para Derechos Religiosos, Educativos, y Sociales (Spanish for "Priests Associated for Religious, Education, and Social Rights"), an organization meant to draw attention to the problems of Hispanics in the church and society.
Pope Paul VI appointed Flores on March 9, 1970.
as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio.and titular bishop of Italica.
He was consecrated on May 5, 1970.
Flores chose as his episcopal motto Laborabo non mihi sed omnibus, "I will work not for myself but for others".
Also in May 1970, Flores was appointed chairman of the Texas State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
He was appointed in July 1970 as national chaplain for the League of United Latin American Citizens.
In 1972, Flores co-founded the Mexican-American Cultural Center in San Antonio.
On April 4, 1978, Pope Paul VI appointed Flores as bishop of the Diocese of El Paso.
He was installed on May 23, 1978.
On August 23, 1979, Pope John Paul II appointed Flores as archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio.
He was installed on October 13, 1979.
In 1980, Flores became a member of the Hispanic Caucus Committee, and in 1981 founded Catholic Television of San Antonio, the first diocesan television station in the United States.
In 1993, Flores filed a lawsuit against the City of Boerne, Texas.
St. Peter's Parish in Boerne had wanted to expand their church building to accommodate more worshipers, but the city refused permission because it was an historic adobe structure.
The archdiocese sued the city, citing provisions of the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) of 1993.
In 1997, when Reverend Billy Graham announced a religious crusade at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Flores taped radio spots in English and Spanish to promote the event.
Graham later credited Flores for the large response.
The lawsuit eventually led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision City of Boerne v. Flores (1997).
Ruling in favor of the City of Boerne, the Supreme Court struck down certain RFRA provisions as unconstitutionally exceeding the powers granted to the Congress under Section Five of the Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution.
On June 27, 2000, Nelson Escolero, a native of El Salvador and a legal U.S. resident, held Flores and his secretary hostage with a fake grenade for over nine hours at the Catholic Chancery.
Escolero had recently been arrested for driving with a suspended license and feared deportation to El Salvador.
Escolero surrendered peacefully to police that evening.
Flores was later credited with helping to defuse the standoff.
The archdiocese on February 3, 2003, settled a lawsuit brought by Julia Villegas Phelps for $300,000.
She claimed to have been sexually assaulted by Michael Kenny, an archdiocese priest, and that Flores had dismissed her accusations.
Kenny later admitted to Flores to having a sexual affair with Villegas Phelps.
When questioned in a legal deposition, Flores remarked, "Our priests are not babies,I'm not going to keep an eye on them 24 hours a day."
After reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, Flores submitted his letter of resignation as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio to Pope John Paul II.
The pope accepted his resignation on December 29, 2004.