Meanings of dear flock in English

Falling sick, he made his pious will, in which he recommended all his dear flock to God.

Where else should I be, but among my own dear flock on the day of your miraculous return?

I will thus be disappointed of the joy of seeing you, and ministering a word to your dear flock.

My own pittance is far in arrears, but I can't complain of that since so many of my dear flock are in need.

The viceroy, provoked at this, caused him to be apprehended, amidst the tears of his dear flock, with four Dominican friars, his fellow-laborers.