The anniversary of the episcopal ordination of Bishop Augustine Horňák OSBM

The Eparchy of Wrocław-Koszalin marks the 65th anniversary of the episcopal ordination of Bishop Augustine Horňák OSBM, the bishop of the London Eparchy of the Holy Family. He was ordained on October 26, 1961, at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia.

Archbishop Ambrose Senyshyn, OSBM of Philadelphia served as the principal consecrator. Co-consecrators included Isidor Boretsky, Apostolic Exarch of Eastern Canada, and Joseph Schmonyuk, Bishop of Stamford. Bishop Horňák was ordained alongside Yaroslav Gabro, who later became the bishop of Chicago.

Born Yevhen Horňák on October 7, 1919, in the village of Kutsera, he studied in Croatia before moving to Rome in 1940. He studied at the St. Josaphat Ukrainian Pontifical College and later earned licenses in dogmatic theology and canon law from the Pontifical Urban University. He was ordained a priest in Rome on March 25, 1945, by Bishop Ivan Buchko.