His Eminence the Most Reverend John (Garklavs) of Chicago was an Archbishop of the American Metropolia (now the OCA). He was the émigré Bishop of Riga and All Latvia who was forced to leave Latvia during World War II, and then came to America. He was elected bishop of Chicago in 1957 and served in that capacity until his retirement in 1978. He is remembered for safeguarding the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of Our God after World War II.