- 24.10.1843: born in a Lutheran family
- 1866: became Catholic
- 1867: he met H.B. Patriarch Velrga in Paris
- 06.06.1872: settled at the Latin Patriarchate
- 24.10.1872: he left for Beirut, through Damascus with Patriarch Valerga
- 1882: Ordained priest. Studies at la Sapienza in Rome.
- 1883: Papal chamberlain of the Pope
