[1] On 18 December 1982, Pope John Paul II appointed him titular bishop of Tubia and assigned to him the pastoral care of Slovak Catholics in foreign lands.
[5] His mandate grew with the fall of communism, which allowed him to reach Slovak communities in the former Warsaw Pact countries of Eastern Europe.
[1][2] On 30 January 1995, he was named to a five-year term as a member of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants.
[6] On 13 April 1996, Pope John Paul II elevated him to titular archbishop of Tubia and named him Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus.
[8] Hrušovský died on 27 July 2016 in Nitra, Slovakia, where he spent the last years of his life in retirement.