In addition to his role as Secretary, he served as an extraordinary papal envoy to Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia.
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He was ordained a priest for the Davenport Diocese on October 25, 1931 at the German College in Rome by Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani.