Pope Names Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Flores to Succeed Bishop Raymundo Pena in Brownsville, Texas

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Pope Names Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Flores to Succeed Bishop Raymundo Pena in Brownsville, Texas

December 09, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI has named Bishop Daniel Flores, auxiliary bishop of Detroit, 48, as bishop of Brownsville, Texas, and accepted the resignation of Bishop Raymundo Pena, 75, from the pastoral governance of that diocese. The Diocese of Brownsville has 4,226 square miles. It has a population of 1,170,776 people, with 995,160, or 85 per cent, of them Catholic.

The appointment and resignation were publicized in Washington, December 9, by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States. Read more here.

Also see the Diocese of Brownsville web site for more information.

Bishop Flores - 12/09/2009 (Audio File)

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Statement from Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron on Bishop Flores

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