He declared himself as a supporter of the American positions and developed a pronounced patriotic activity. In that frame he pushed also back the different emigration languages in his diocese (including his own motherlanguage) and allowed only Latin and English as the official prayer-languages.
He openly championed American perspectives and enthusiastically pursued patriotic pursuits. At the same time, he effectively suppressed non-Latin and non-English languages spoken in his diocese, including his native language.