[2] After his ordination, Rudin earned a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
During the Council he served on the committee working for greater unity between the Churches of East and West Africa.
[1] In 1976, he believed the diocese was firmly established and a missionary bishop was no longer needed.
After he returned to the United States, Rudin was engaged in pastoral work from 1980 to 1988, including a stint with the Glenmary Home Missioners in the Diocese of Savannah.
He then worked with the Maryknoll Development Department until he suffered a fall in 1993 and was confined to a wheelchair.
He died on June 14, 1995, at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Tarrytown, New York, at the age of 78.