His Excellency, Daniel E. Flores, Bishop of Brownsville, TX, has agreed to fill the position of Episcopal Moderator on our Executive Board, which has been vacant since the passing of Francis Cardinal George. The Episcopal Moderator is our official link to the Magisterium.
Bishop Daniel E. Flores was born in 1961 in Palacios, Texas. He graduated from Flour Bluff High School in 1979. During high school, he began to consider the possibility of studying for the priesthood for the Diocese of Corpus Christi. He attended the University of Texas at Austin for two years, prior to entering the seminary. In 1981, he entered Holy Trinity Seminary, an institution associated to the University of Dallas and received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy in 1983, and a Masters of Divinity in 1987. In January 1988, he was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Corpus Christi by Bishop Rene H. Gracida, starting a long serving journey in a number of capacities and places. In September 1995, Pope John Paul II named him a Chaplain to His Holiness, with the honorary title of Monsignor.
In 2000 he completed a doctoral degree in the theology of Saint Thomas Aquinas at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum), returning then to the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. In October 2006, Pope Benedict XVI named him Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Detroit, in Michigan. On December 9, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Bishop Flores as the Sixth Bishop of Brownsville, where he currently serves.
On a national level, as a member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Bishop Flores currently serves as Chairman of the Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church. He also serves as a member to the following committees: Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, Committee of Divine Worship, Sub-Committee on Pro-life Activities, and the Committee for Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Affairs. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the charitable arm of the United States Bishops Conference for international assistance.
A full biography can be found here.
