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He was Provincial of the German Province from 1856 to 1859. He was then Rector and Instructor of the Tertians at Fribourg from 1859 to 1863. In 1862 he becomes Prefect and the following year is again Rector and Instructor.
He was appointed Superior of the Buffalo Mission on December 22, 1872 and he filled this post until 1877 when he became Spiritual Father at Canisius. On February 2, 1886 he was again appointed Superior of the Buffalo Mission which post he then held for six years. In 1892 he again returns to Canisius as a Confessor.
Father Behrens died at Canisius College on October 17, 1895,-80 years of age and 64 as a member of the Society of Jesus.
He brought to America the Franciscan Sisters of Penance and Christian Charity from Holland.
In 1874 he acquired "the villa" property at Main Street & Jefferson Avenue,- site of the present college property. During his term as President, the Fathers attached to the College cared for St. Vincent's Church.