He completed his high school studies in Eperjes and was ordained a priest in Ungvár. He received several decorations during World War I. He arrived in the United States on November 26, 1926, aboard the SS De Grasse, which had departed from Le Havre. In the early 1930s, he served in New Brunswick and then in Trenton. In 1935, he served as pastor of St. Nicholas Greek Catholic Church in Trenton and, for a time, also assisted in ministering to the local Romanian Greek Catholic community. After the death of Method Gojdics, around 1939, he took over the leadership of the Hungarian Greek Catholic parish of St. John the Baptist in Detroit. In 1940, during his tenure as pastor, the community celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of its founding. In addition to Hungarian Greek Catholic life, he was also involved in Rusyn and Ukrainian Greek Catholic church life. He held the title of Apostolic Councilor. He passed away in Detroit on January 27, 1950; he was laid to rest at Mount Saint Macrina Cemetery in Uniontown.