 Also he again served as a Superior of the Delegature a short time in 2012.On November 23, 2012, he was appointed by the Pope Benedict XVI as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Odessa-Simferopol and Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna.On January 5, 2013, he was consecrated as bishop by Bishop Bronislaw Bernacki and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church.