He was educated at Loyola High School in Mankato, St. Stanislaus Seminary in Florissant, Missouri, Saint Louis University, and St. Mary's College in Kansas.

The principal co-consecrators were Bishops Edward A. Fitzgerald of Winona and John J. McEleney, S.J., of Kingston in Jamaica.

[5] In 1971 St. Ignatius parish covered the entire area west of downtown and south of Haulover Creek.

The Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) came in 1967 and have increased their presence ever since, focusing mainly on the communications apostolates.

Next the Missionaries of Our Lady of the Light, "Madrecitas," began their ministry in the remote villages of northern Belize.

[5] Finally, Guadalupana Sisters from Yucatan served primarily in lay ministry in St. Francis Xavier Parish, Corozal Town, in the 1970s until 1989.

[7] In March 1983 Pope John Paul II visited all the countries of Central America, including Belize.