 Between 1625 and 1631, he served in St. Christoph church.In 1645, the prince Wolfgang Wilhelm requested him to take up the office of canonical visitor for the ecclesial institutions of the Duchy of Berg with a brief to improve their efficiencies.In 1647 he was elected scholaster of St. Andreas, became the supervisor of the Cologne archbishopric in 1650, appointed the auditor of the Cologne Nunciature in 1653, and before his death in 1656 he was consecrated as auxiliary bishop of Osnabrück.