Career
He was ordained a parish priest by Flavio Chigi on 19 March 1842, aged 23. in Regensburg, Germany. On 27 January 1858, aged 39, he was appointed Bishop of Regensburg and ordained a bishop two months later. He died on 16 August 1906, aged 88, in Regensburg.
He had been a priest for 64 years and a bishop for 48 years.