Career
He was born in Ireland, and educated at Saint Michael"s College, Toronto. He was parish-priest at Paris, Ontario, for 22 years, administrator of the diocese of Hamilton in 1883, he was named bishop of Peterborough in 1887 and on May 1, received his episcopal consecration at Saint Mary"s Cathedral, Hamilton, from Archbishop John Joseph Lynch, Certificated Master, with Bishops James Joseph Carbery and Thomas Timothy O’Mahony serving as co-consecrators. He was transferred to the bishopric of Hamilton in 1889.