From 1843 he was also a cathedral canon.

Various popes have extended this privilege to abbots, abbesses and some cathedral canons.

He was appointed over the candidate, Otto, of the cathedral canons.

Those cathedral canons who were still Catholic were only permitted to exercise their religion for ten years more.

On 7 March 1872, he was installed as a cathedral canon at Eichstädt.

During the invasion of revolutionary France, the cathedral canons fled the city.

Later he became a cathedral canon, and member of the town council.

He was also made a cathedral canon on 5 January 1871, and later honorary vicar general.

We very rarely know the names of parish priests or cathedral canons in this period.

Later he was a cathedral canon in Kraków.