The bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego is suffering from an aggressive form of cancer.
Bishop Cirilo Flores, 66, is currently receiving treatment at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center in Los Angeles hospital. He will be transferred to the Nazareth House senior care facility in Mission Valley on Friday, according to a statement from Monsignor Steven Callahan.
Cirilo will receive palliative care at Nazareth House. Callahan said the bishop is too weak for chemotherapy.
It is unclear what kind of cancer the bishop has, but Callahan said the cancer is mainly in his bones and is in the advanced stages.
Flores was ordained in 1991 and became Bishop of San Diego in September 2013.
In April, he suffered a stroke inside the diocese office.
