 Raymond Leo Burke, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (the Vatican's highest court) and archbishop emeritus of St. Louis; and Bishop Hermann were also in attendance.On April 26, 2016, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had appointed Rice bishop of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, a diocese spanning the southern third of Missouri.His installation took place June 1, 2016, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Springfield.