sentences:  After World War I, he became spiritual director (1920–1924) of the Eparchy's seminary and professor at Ungvár Theological Seminary.At this time he was selected as the new bishop for the newly established Greek Catholic Exarchate in the United States.Consecrated as a bishop in Rome, Italy on Pentecost Sunday, June 15, 1924, he set sail two months later aboard the liner Mauretania for the United States.