[1] The family moved to the United States when he was an infant, residing in New York City for four years before settling in Bound Brook, New Jersey.

[2] He was named private secretary to Bishop Michael J. O'Farrell in 1882, and pastor of the Church of St. Mary, Star of the Sea Parish at Long Branch in 1884.

[3] He received his episcopal consecration on October 18, 1894, from Archbishop Corrigan, with Bishops Charles McDonnell and Bernard McQuaid serving as co-consecrators.

[3] During his tenure, McFaul helped erect many churches, schools, and institutions in New Jersey, including an orphanage at Hopewell,[4] a home for senior citizens at Lawrenceville,[5] and Mount St. Mary's College at Plainfield.

[1] In 1909, McFaul created a controversy when he accused the professors at American colleges and universities of an "upbuilding of a cynicism and intimacy with immoral ideas.