A graduate of St. Francis Xavier University and the University of Montreal, he was ordained to the priesthood by Most Reverend William E. Power for the Diocese of Antigonish on May 31, 1969 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. After ordination he served as Ass

ociate Pastor in Mont Carmel Parish, New Waterford; Pastor of St. Louis Parish in Louisdale; Honduras, Central America; Administrator of St. Joseph’s Parish, North Sydney; Pastor of St. Joseph’s Parish in Bras d’Or and St. Augustine Parish in Sydn

ey. In 1975 he studied Spanish at the Cuernavaca Language School in Mexico before going to the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa in Honduras. He was fluent in French, English and Spanish. He was named Vicar General and Director of Pastoral Services in 19

88. On December 11, 1991, Pope John Paul II named him the twelfth Bishop of the Diocese of Charlottetown. He was consecrated and installed on March 19, 1992 in Saint Dunstan’s Basilica. He retired in 2009 after a long illness.