Ordained as a priest for the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City in 1963, he held several parish assignments there until 1968 when he was assigned as a missionary priest to Guatemala where he was murdered in 1981 in his Guatemalan mission rectory.
He was ordained as a priest for the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City in 1963. When he was assigned as a missionary priest to Guatemala where he was murdered in 1981 in his Guatemalan mission rectory. This was what he held several parish assignments there until 1968.