Born in 1944 in Vienna he studied history and journalism in Vienna and started his journalistic career at „Die Presse“newspaper in Vienna. In 1974 he joined the office of public relations of the archdiocese of Vienna as a spokesperson for Cardinal König. As such he worked also for Cardinal Schönborn until may 2011. Parallel to this engagement he worked as the director of the Austrian catholic news agency „Kathpress“from 1980 until the end of 2009 when he retired. He is now working on a voluntary basis as a spokesperson for the „Pro Oriente“foundation and for the Ecumenical Council of Churches in Austria (ÖRKÖ).