[4] In 1987 he was elected as a Vicar Bishop of Toplica District, and was appointed assistant to the Administrator of the Diocese of Midwestern America, Sava Vuković.

The next day during Divine Liturgy Patriarch German along with four bishops, sixteen priests and eleven deacons performed his consecration.

[4] In 1997 he earned his PhD, with his doctoral dissertation at the Theological Faculty of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade on the theme "The Mystery of Christ According to the Epistles to the Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians of the Holy Apostle Paul".

[4] Along with Jesse Jackson, he played a key role in securing the release of three American GIs held captive during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999.

He has written two books: The Teaching of St. Apostle Paul on the Church, published in 1991 in Chicago (now translated into English) and Introduction to the Holy Scriptures, the New Testament.