[2] Baumann was born 3 August 1899 in Grünkraut, a town in the Ravensburg district of the Kingdom of Württemberg in the German Empire.

He spent two years in military service during World War I, mostly with the engineering corps of the German Imperial Army.

In 1922 he entered the novitiate of the Fulda Province of the Order of Friars Minor in Sigmaringen, where, upon completion, he was given the religious habit and the name by which he is now known on 16 July 1923.

During his lifetime, he designed many structures, including churches, convents, schools, college residences, retreat houses, and seminaries.

[1] Although it was not engaged in general practice, Baumann’s firm attracted a number of architects and designers who later earned national reputations.