The Vatican appointed Ambrose Senyshyn archbishop in 1961 to administer the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the United States.
The amazing story of Ambrose’s life – “Archbishop Ambrose Senyshyn and His Vision of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in America” – authored by Basil H. Losten, emeritus bishop of the Stamford Eparchy of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, was published 2016. This splendid story about an accomplished Church leader is comprehensive, dispassionate, chronologically organized, factual and a joy to read.
“I first met Bishop Ambrose Senyshyn while studying at St. Basil Preparatory School and College in 1945,” writes Bishop Basil in his preface. “Bishop Ambrose remains in my memory a cheerful and amicable person. A man, I might add, who was approachable.” Given the persona of Bishop Constantine Bohachevsky, Senyshyn’s predecessor, Bishop Basil’s characterization early on is telling.