He was of American origin. He spoke Greek, Latin, Hungarian, Spanish, French, German, Croatian, Slovak, and Romanian fluently, as well as 15 other languages to some extent. He was ordained a priest on June 14, 1914.
According to Káldor, he attempted unsuccessfully to organize a Hungarian parish in St. Louis, MO. According to the MKL, he also attempted to purchase a church there for the Hungarian community, also without success. His places of service included St. Louis, Koeltztown, Martinsburg, Jackson, and New Hamburg.
In New Hamburg, he served as pastor of St. Lawrence Catholic Church. He was also active in local community life: he was a founding board member of the Scott-Madrid-Mississippi Electric Cooperative, and through his efforts, the church’s picnic area was connected to the electrical grid.

Catholic moral teaching in its relations to medicine and hygiene, fordítás Georges Surbled francia nyelvű könyvéből, St. Louis, MO, 1930