New editor, adviser appointed for St. Louis Review newspaper

Published: 2004-05-11

ST. LOUIS (CNS) -- Archbishop Raymond L. Burke of St. Louis has named a new editor and a clergy adviser for the St. Louis Review, the weekly newspaper of the St. Louis Archdiocese. James Rygelski, formerly the newspaper's managing editor, has begun duties as editor, making him the first layman to hold the post in the newspaper's 63-year history. He succeeds Msgr. Robert W. Finn, editor for the past four years, who on May 3 was installed as coadjutor bishop of the Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese. Msgr. Joseph D. Pins, who began duties as rector of the St. Louis Cathedral Basilica Parish in early May, also has assumed the newly created position at the Review of episcopal vicar. He will serve as the archbishop's representative to the Review and its adviser. Both appointments at the Review began May 3.

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