Born in Lviv on February 26, 1933, he emigrated with his family in 1944, ending up in the United States. In 1958 he was ordained to the priesthood and in 1972 he went to Rome and joined the Studite Order. In 1977 Cardinal Slipyj consecrated him bishop for the Church in Ukraine.
Husar resided at the Studite Monastery in Grottaferrata, Rome until 1992, when he returned to live in Ukraine. On October 17, 1996 he was appointed Auxiliary-Bishop to Cardinal Lubachivsky. After Lubachivsky's death, the Synod of Bishops elected him the next Major Archbishop. He was enthroned on January 28, 2001 and on the same day Pope John Paul II named him cardinal.
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