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.
Ditahbiskan menjadi imam untuk Keuskupan Agung Oklahoma City pada 1963, ia memegang beberapa penugasan paroki disana sampai 1968 daat ia diangkat menjadi imam misionaris untuk Guatemala dimana ia dibunuh pada 1981 dalam pelayanan misi Guatemala-nya.