By the recommendation of Cardinal Khlesl he was confirmed on 21 November 1612 to be Abbot of Wilhering in Upper Austria.

He began with the reform of the monastery and also took on the neighboring abbeys Schlierbach, Gleink and Spital am Pyhrn.

Because of his skills in administrative and financial matters, Emperor Ferdinand II appointed him in 1620 to his council and in October 1623 President of the Court Chamber (German: Hofkammer).

Together with the Imperial coin merchant Vinzenz Muschinger, he was commissioned by Emperor Ferdinand to counteract the coinage that had been created in the Kipper und Wipper era.

As a bishop, he sought by religious instruction and preaching to achieve a reconciliation of the Protestants with the Catholic faith.