Born: 19 December 1855 in Hohenbuel
(Canton Thurgau) Switzerland;
Professed: 3 September 1876;
Ordained: 23 April 1882;
Named Abbot: 24 November 1903;
Named Bishop of Bismarck: 9 April 1910;
Resigned as bishop: 11 December 1939;
Died: 2 November 1941.