He earned a diploma in social studies from the Saint Francis Xavier college in Antigonish in Canada in 1958 and his doctorate in theology from the International Catechetical Institute "Lumen vitae" in Brussels, Belgium, aided by a scholarship from the Knights of Columbus in 1957. He returned to Ghana in 1959 and served as parochial vicar in Nandom and then served as the vicar-general for the Tamale archdiocese until 1960.
In 1958, he obtained a diploma in social studies from Saint Francis Xavier college in Antigonish, Canada. In 1957, with financial assistance from the Knights of Columbus scholarship, he completed his doctorate in theology at the International Catechetical Institute "Lumen vitae" in Brussels, Belgium. He returned to Ghana in 1959 and initially served as parochial vicar in Nandom before becoming the vicar-general for the Tamale archdiocese by 1960.