He was ordained April 6, 1959, at St. Anthony’s Church in Schoenchen by Bishop Frederick Frecking.
Assignments:
1959 - Assistant at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Concordia
1959 - Administrator at Sacred Heart in Niles
1959 - Secretary to Bishop Frederick Freking and assistant editor of The Register for the Salina Diocese
1959-1960 - Assistant at St. John the Baptist in Clyde, St. Isidore Parish in Cuba, and SS. Peter and Paul in Morrowville
1960-1961 - Assistant at Sacred Heart Parish in Colby
1961-1962 - Assistant at St. Andrew Parish in Abilene
1962 - Administrator at St. Andrew Parish in Abilene
1963-1966 - Administrator at SS. Philip and James Parish in Phillipsburg
1966-1969 - Administrator at Sacred Heart Parish in Oberlin
1969-1975 - Administrator at St. John the Evangelist Parish in Logan and St. Mary Parish in Densmore
1975-1981 - Administrator of Immaculate Conception Parish in Grinnell, St. Agnes Parish in Grainfield
and St. Paul Parish in Angelus
1981-1988 - Pastor at St. Joseph Parish in Oakley
1988-1997 - Rector at Sacred Heart Cathedral
1988-1997 - Pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Brookville
1997-2003 - Pastor at SS. Philip and James Parish in Phillipsburg, and St. Francis Parish in Claudell
2003 - Retired to Hays