Coadjutor bishop
A Franciscan friar, he was appointed Coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Kilmore by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith on 23 November 1818 and confirmed by Pope Pius VII on 6 December 1818. His papal brief was dated 12 January 1819 and consecrated as Titular bishop of Sozopolis in Pisidia.