Pope names Texas native as new Brownsville bishop

The new Bishop of Brownville is a Texas native who has been very active in immigration reform and outreach. - - Donna Poisl

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN / Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI chose a Texas native known as a great evangelizer in three languages to be the next bishop of Brownsville, the Vatican announced Wednesday.Bishop Daniel Flores, 48, will take over for the retiring Bishop Raymundo Pena. Pena reached the mandatory retirement age for bishops when he turned 75 in February.

"It's a great fit," said Bishop Edmond Carmody of the neighboring Diocese of Corpus Christi, where Flores was ordained in 1988. "We're very, very happy to have him back in Texas."

Flores, born in Palacios along the Texas gulf coast and raised in Corpus Christi, comes most recently from Detroit where he served as an auxiliary bishop and led that archdiocese's Hispanic outreach.
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