 Verot taught science, philosophy, and theology at St. Mary's College and the seminary until 1853.He served as pastor of Saint Paul Catholic Church in Ellicott's Mills from 1853 to 1858.Nominated Vicar Apostolic of Florida, December 11, 1857, he was consecrated Titular Bishop of Danabe, on April 25, 1858, by Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick in the Baltimore Cathedral.