Ordained a priest in 1957, he served as a parochial vicar at St. Rose of Lima (Manhattan), St. Columbanus (Cortlandt Manor), and St. Joseph’s (Millbrook). He was administrator and then pastor at Our Lady of Angels (Bronx) from 1973-1992, and at the request of Cardinal O’Connor, papal honors were conferred on him in 1990. He was pastor of St. Ann’s (Bronx) from 1992 until he retired in June 2006 due to a massive heart attack. In October 2006, with a renewed heart and renewed zeal, he came to Sacred Heart & St. Francis and worked daily, tirelessly, and generously in this parish and in the Archdiocese until his untimely death on December 8, 2014.