 He commenced his studies for the priesthood at the seminary in Lublin in 1883 and received his ordination as a priest on 5 July 1891 from Bishop Franciszek Jaczewski in the Lublin Cathedral.After four years of study for the priesthood he was sent to finish his studies in theology - which he graduated in - at Saint Petersburg in Russia.He was appointed as the parochial vicar of the "Conversion of Saint Paul" parish and was later made the chaplain to Saint Vincent's Hospital in 1892.