The
Diocese of San Bernardino received its first auxiliary bishop yesterday, Rutilio J. del Riego, a Spanish-born priest currently serving in the California diocese (pastor of
Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish in Riverside, perhaps the ugliest parish on the West Coast). Father del Riego is a member of the
Diocesan Laborer Priests, a
secular institute founded in Spain in 1885 and devoted to 'the promotion of vocations and the spiritual redirection of youth'.
UPDATE: Correction: Del Riego will not be the diocese's
first auxiliary bishop - his predecessor in that position, Bishop Dennis P. O'Neil, died two years ago. More on del Riego, the diocese, etc.
here. Hat tip,
Rocco Palmo.
