He moved to the monastery in Mukachevo of the Order of Saint Basil the Great and in 1749 he took the monastic vows and was ordained a priest.

[1] On 30 June 1764, following the death of the Primate of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church, the bishop of Făgăraş Petru Pavel Aron, the electoral synod convened and Rednic ranked only fourth in the results.

Pope Clement XIII confirmed the designation on 15 May 1765, and Rednic moved from Vienna to the Carpathian Ruthenia, where he was consecrated bishop on 4 August 1765[2] by M. Olsavszky, the Eparch of Mukachevo.

[3] As bishop, he continued to ask financial support from the government to improve the conditions of the parishes and of the schools, without great results.

He also continued to support instruction, enlisting the more cultured monks as teachers, and providing aid grants for student to study abroad.