John Garklāvs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Garklāvs

Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1898

Place of Birth: Umurga, Limbaži Municipality, Latvia

Date of Death: 11-Apr-1982

Profession: priest

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Archbishop John (secular name Janis Garklavs in Latvian or Ivan Yakovlevich Garklav, Russian: ???? ????????? ??????? in Russian; August 25, 1898 – April 11, 1982) was a bishop of the Orthodox Church in America.
He served as Archbishop of Chicago and the Midwest since 1957 until his retirement in 1978.
He is remembered for safeguarding the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of Our God after World War II.