Msgr. Edward Rice named Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis

Submitted on December 01, 2010

By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@stlouisreview.com

Bishop-designate Edward M. Rice (left) showed his new bishop's cross to his brother, Jim Rice, Dec. 1 after an announcement at the Cardinal Rigali Center that Pope Benedict XVI had appointed Bishop-designate Rice as Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis. Bishop-designate Rice's niece, Clare Henson, 11, stretched in for a look, too. The cross was a gift from fellow priests Msgr. Michael Butler and Father Brian Fischer.

Jerry Naunheim Jr.

Bishop-designate Edward M. Rice

UPDATED 2:00 pm: Hanging on the wall of Bishop-designate Edward M. Rice’s office is a framed image of the Sacred Heart. It was a gift given to his parents, John and Helen, when they married in 1952. After both of his parents passed away, his older sister Mary Ann had it reframed and gave it to him. “It takes me back to my parents,” Bishop-designate Rice said in an interview with the Review earlier this week. “The love of the heart of Christ has inspired me as a priest and will do so as a bishop.”