Edward M. Rice

Edward Matthew Rice ( born July 28, 1960 in Saint Louis) is Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis.

Life

The Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, James Terry Steib, SVD, ordained him deacon on 3 May 1986 and the Archbishop of Saint Louis, John Lawrence May, ordained him priest on January 3, 1987. Pope Benedict XVI. appointed him Auxiliary Bishop on December 1, 2010 in Saint Louis and Titular Bishop of Sufes.

He received his episcopal consecration of the Archbishop of Saint Louis, Robert James Carlson, on January 13 of next year; Co-consecrators were Richard Frank Stika, Bishop of Knoxville, and John Raymond Gaydos, Bishop of Jefferson City.