 He studied at the Church of Ireland Theological College and was ordained deacon in 1997, and priest in 1998.After a curacy in Seagoe Parish he held incumbencies in Booterstown and Sligo.In his last incumbency before his elevation to the deanery, he was Rector of the Church of Ireland parish of Rossorry in Enniskillen, he was also a Canon of St Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen.