Bishop Hrutsa, after graduation of the school education, joined the
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer in 1994; he had a
profession on 19 August 1995 and a solemn profession on 19 August 2001, and was ordained as
priest on 12 July 2001, after graduation of the Major Redemptorists Theological Seminary in
Tuchów, Poland and
Pontifical Theological Academy in
Kraków, Poland. Then he continued his studies in the
University of Innsbruck, Austria with
Doctor of Sacred Theology degree. During 2013–2016 he served as a
Master of novices for the Ukrainian Redemptorists Province. On 14 January 2016 he was confirmed by the
Pope Francis as the second
Auxiliary Bishop of
Lviv,
Ukraine and
Titular Bishop of
Bahanna. On 7 April 2016 he was consecrated as bishop by Major Archbishop
Sviatoslav Shevchuk and other hierarchs of the
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. ==References==