 He added 14 new parishes to the 22 existing in 1920.Religious orders commencing work in the Dunedin diocese over the same period were the Vincentians (who took over Holy Cross seminary in 1934), the Dominican Fathers, the Redemptorist Fathers, the Presentation Sisters, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny and the Sisters of the Assumption.In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.