Career
He was reputedly "the only monk whose cricket performances were reported by Wisden". In 1917-1918 Dom Ignatius served as a military chaplain on the Western Front. During his 37 years as headmaster, he was an important influence on the development of Douai School, re-established in England in 1903, seeing it into the Headmasters" Conference in 1920.
In the 1930s David Matthew, later Apostolic Delegate for Africa, congratulated him on the fact that: "no Catholic school has been so free from the influence of Arnold of Rugby as Douai has been.".