He became a primary school teacher in 1958 and was ordained in 1962.
After a curacy in Goole he was the rector of Praslin, then Archdeacon of the Seychelles and finally its Vicar general.
In 1979 he was appointed the Bishop of The Seychelles, resigning in 2004; and in 1984 the Archbishop of the Indian Ocean, resigning in 1995.
He was married to Susan Talma (died 1996) in 1975.