The Eparchy of Wrocław-Koszalin marks the 65th anniversary of the episcopal ordination of Bishop Yaroslav Gabro

Bishop Yaroslav Gabro, the bishop of the Chicago eparchy, was ordained a bishop on October 26, 1961, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Metropolitan Ambrose Senyshyn of Philadelphia served as the principal consecrator. Bishops Isidor Boretsky of Toronto and Joseph Schmondyuk of Stamford served as co-consecrators.

Born in Chicago on July 31, 1919, Gabro was ordained a priest on September 27, 1945, by Metropolitan Constantine Bohachevsky. He served various Ukrainian parishes in Pennsylvania, Missouri, Michigan, and New Jersey. In 1949, he became the pastor of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary parish in Perth Amboy, where he oversaw the construction of a new church, rectory, and school. He served as the dean of New Jersey starting in 1958 and was named a papal chamberlain by Pope Pius XII that same year.