Working at a state job as a technician, he simultaneously studied in the underground seminary in Lviv. On 4 December 1988 he received priestly ordination at the hands of Bishop
Mykhaylo Sabryha. Then he joined the Redemptorists Congregation in 1992. On 29 April 2006 he received episcopal consecration at the hands of Major Archbishop
Lubomyr Husar. He was appointed
Auxiliary bishop of the
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sambir – Drohobych with title of Auzia. On 21 April 2010 he was elected as the
Coadjutor bishop at the same Eparchy. Since 27 October 2011 he is serving as the Eparch of this Eparchy. ==References==