 On the following May 13, he was installed by Archbishop Robert Emmet Lucey at St. Mary's Church in Austin; in attendance were former Governor Dan Moody, Governor Beauford H. Jester, and Mayor Robert Thomas Miller.During his tenure, he built or restored over 200 churches and facilities, including a chancery office, Holy Cross Hospital, Newman Centres on five college campuses, and six church-sponsored, low-rent housing projects.Between 1962 and 1965, he attended the Second Vatican Council, where he contributed to the conciliar document on religious freedom, "Dignitatis Humanae".