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Pope Francis appoints new auxiliary bishop
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ROME | The head of the Catholic Church turned his attention to Ottawa onTuesday morning. The office of Pope Francis announced Jan. 7 the appointment of a new auxiliary bishop for the Ottawa archdiocese. The appointment was made at the request of Archbishop Terrence Prendergast. Father Christian Riesbeck is now auxiliary bishop of Ottawa and also the titular bishop of Tipasa in Numidia. Prior to his appoint- ment, the bishop-elect was chancellor for the Ottawa archdiocese and also the assis- tant general superior of the Companions of the Cross, a priestly Society of Apostolic Life founded in Ottawa. As the new bishop for the archdiocese, Father Riesbeck will assist the archbishop in dealing with the spiritual, and some secular, needs of 400,000 Catholics spread through- out 100 parishes in the National Capital Re- gion and in Eastern Ontario. Bishop-elect Riesbeck, 43, was born in Montréal. His elementary school years were divided between Aylmer, QC and Nepean, ON. He graduated from St. Pius X High School in Nepean and went on to the Uni- versity of Ottawa for a bachelor’s degree in political science before attending St. Au- gustine’s Seminary in Toronto for a Master of Divinity degree and then to St. Paul’s Uni- versity in Ottawa for a master’s degree and licentiate in canon law. He was ordained to the priesthood Oct. 12, 1996, as a member of the Companions of the Cross at Notre Dame Cathedral. Dur- FINCH | It has hundreds of acres of forest lands in its keeping now and plans to add more this year if possible. The South Nation Conservation Authority (SNC) has a two-part plan for forest protec- tion this year. The SNC has allocated money in its 2014 budget for its community forest acquisition program and will also launch a new legacy trust program to focus on pro- tecting and preserving woodland habitats of particular ecological value. "Our forests are being cut with an inten- sity that is permanently changing the coun- tryside," stated Bill Smirle, SNC chairman. "If we don’t take urgent action to save what’s left, the opportunity will be lost." Since it began the SNC has made a prac- tice of acquiring woodland to protect and support local wildlife habitats and also sup- port its mandate of flood prevention and wetland conservation for the South Nation River watershed region. Some of the forest lands and other properties were acquired through outright purchase while others were deeded over to the SNC as heritage keepsakes by local families and individuals. At present the SNC owns and manages 11,000 acres of land in the watershed, most of it forest lands. An annual treeplanting program sees 100,000 seedlings replacing trees cut down through logging opera- tions, destroyed by fire, or lost to disease and insect pests.
Bishop-elect Christian Riesbeck
ing the next three years he was posted to Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Kingston, St. Jude’s in Hawkesbury, Our Lady of Divine Love in Pendleton, and St. Francis Xavier parish in Brockville, before he went south to become pastor of the Queen of Peace par- ish in Houston, TX, where he remained as assigned until 2008. The bishop-elect is fluent in French, Eng- lish, Spanish and German. His parents and two sisters live in the Ottawa area.
Conservation group budgets forestry fund
Besides habitat protection, the communi- ty woodlands also provide local recreation- al opportunities and, to a limited extent, employment for the local forest industry. The woodlands also have cultural value as sources of plants for traditional aboriginal medicine. The SNC also provides management ad- vice and support to local private woodlot owners.
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