Flores Patrick

American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church noted as the first Mexican American to become a Catholic bishop. 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. On 6 October 2007, A Migrants Masterpiece, an hour-long documentary depicting Flores life premiered in San Antonio. Directed by Hector Galan, it seeks to place the archbishops life in the context of "the history of Latinos in Texas, [and] the Civil Rights Movement in Texas" according to Pat Rogers, communications director for the Archdiocese of San Antonio. The film was funded through private donations to the Archdiocese and uses rare archival film and interviews with the Flores family. It eventually aired on PBS. Flores died on 9 January 2017 at age 87 of congestive heart failure and pneumonia at the Padua retirement home in San Antonio. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less