Later, he became rector of St Martin's Church in South Omaha, serving between 1902 and 1909.
In 1909, he transferred to St. Louis, Missouri to become the rector of the Church of the Holy Communion, where he remained until 1916.
He was consecrated on October 28, 1916, at the Church of the Holy Communion where he had served as rector, by Presiding Bishop Daniel S.
His episcopacy convinced with a number of significant world events, notably WWI and the Great Depression, that changed the face of the diocese and its population.
[5] He died in office on July 8, 1939, while on a visit to the parish church of St James in Wichita, Kansas.