Daniel Ernesto Flores (born August 28, 1961) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Brownsville since 2009.
He graduated from Flour Bluff High School in Corpus Christi in 1979, and then studied at the University of Texas at Austin for two years.
Between 1992 and 1997, he also served as the private secretary and master of ceremonies to Gracida, vice-chancellor of the diocese, rector of the St. John Vianney House of Studies, and episcopal vicar for vocations.
[5] He received his episcopal consecration on November 29, 2006, from Cardinal Adam Maida, with Bishops Edmond Carmody and René Gracida serving as co-consecrators.
On June 12, 2019, Flores addressed the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) regarding the policies of the Trump Administration towards undocumented immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico border.
[12]“I feel that as a (bishops’) conference, we must express ourselves more strongly when it comes to the dignity of immigrants, to say that they are not criminals, that they are vulnerable families and we need to invite all the governments involved, not just the U.S., to defend the migrant as a human being, to not cast the person aside as someone who doesn’t matter and is a problem,”[12] After the 2022 mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, Flores released the following tweet: Don’t tell me that guns aren’t the problem, people are.