 His first post was as a Curate at St Stephen's, Rochester Row, Westminster after which he was Sub-Dean of the Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul, Dogura, Papua and New Guinea.From his consecration as a bishop on 24 February 1964 until 1967 he was an Auxiliary Bishop of New Guinea  when he became Bishop of Melanesia, a post he held until 26 January 1975 when the Diocese of Melanesia became a province and he automatically became Archbishop of Melanesia (and Primate) and Bishop of Central Melanesia.He died on 24 May, shortly after signing the last paperwork of the Province's creation process.