Priesthood
On June 10, 1876, Moeller was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Giulio Lenti at the Basilica of St. John Lateran. That same year he received his Doctor of Divinity degree from the Urban College of Propaganda. Following his return to Ohio, he was appointed pastor of St. Patrick Church in Bellefontaine in September 1876. He then served as a professor at Mount St. Mary's Seminary of the West in Norwood from 1877 to 1879.
In November 1879, Moeller was granted a leave of absence from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati to assist Bishop Silas Chatard of the Diocese of Vincennes in Indiana. He served as secretary to Bishop Chatard until 1880, when he was recalled to Cincinnati by Archbishop William Henry Elder to serve as his own secretary. He served as chancellor of the archdiocese from 1886 to 1900.
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