"In commemoration of the Eucharist celebrated by Pope John Paul II on this site, September 16, 1984". September 16, 1994.

Ukrainian Catholic Bishops with Pope John Paul II. Metropolitan Michael Bzdel was in Rome for the Bishops' Synod, November 1995. Pope John Paul II sits next to Cardinal Liubachivskyj in the front row. Back row, from left, Bishop Isidore Borecky, unidentified, Bishop Sofron Dmyterko, Bishop Julian Gbur, Bishop Ivan (Jan) Martyniak, Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk, Bishop Walter Paska, Bishop Efraim Krevey, Bishop Michael Koltun, Bishop Severian Yakymyshyn, Bishop Michael Hrynchyshyn, unidentified, Bishop Peter Stasiuk, Metropolitan Michael Bzdel, Bishop Michael Sabryha, Bishop Ireneos Bilyk, and unidentified.

Metropolitan Michael Bzdel goes to Rome to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Union of Brest, Rome, Italy, July 7, 1996. On far left is Father Lonchyna, later ordained Bishop for immigrants outside Ukraine. Pope John Paul II is beside him, with Metropolitan Michael Bzdel and Cardinal Lubachivsky to his right.

Metropolitan Michael Bzdel speaks with Pope John Paul II. Metropolitan Michael Bzdel was in Rome for the Bishops' Synod, November 1995.

Metropolitan Michael Bzdel goes to Rome to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Union of Brest, Rome, Italy, July 7, 1996. From left to right: Metropolitan Michael Bzdel, Cardinal Liubachivsky, Pope John Paul II, Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk, and Archbishop Ivan Martyniak.

Metropolitan Michael Bzdel goes to Rome to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Union of Brest, Rome, Italy, July 7, 1996. From left to right: Metropolitan Michael Bzdel, Cardinal Lubachivsky, Pope John Paul II, Father Lonchyna, Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk, and Archbishop Ivan Martyniak.

Ukrainian Catholic hierarchs in front of St. Sophia Ukrainian Catholic Church in Rome, Italy, November 1995. Front row, unidentified, Bishop Andres Sapelak, unidentified, Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk, unidentified, Metropolitan Michael Bzdel, Bishop Paul Wasylyk, Bishop Myron Daciuk, and Bishop Severian Yakymyshyn. Second row, from left, Bishop Ivan (Jan) Martyniak, Bishop Julian Voronovskyj, Antonio Franco (Apostolic Nuncio), Bishop Basil Losten, Bishop Walter Paska, unidentified, Bishop Michael Hrynchyshyn, unidentified. Third row, from left, unidentified, Bishop Sofron Dmyterko, Bishop Severian Yakymyshyn, unidentified, Bishop Peter Stasiuk, unidentified, unidentified, and Bishop Julian Gbur. Fourth row, from left, Bishop Innocent Lotceky, Bishop Isidore Borecky, Bishop Cornelius Pasichny, Bishop Efraim Krevey, Bishop Michael Koltun, and Bishop Basil (Wasyl) Filevich.

Ukrainian Catholic Bishops with Pope John Paul II. Metropolitan Michael Bzdel was in Rome for the Bishops' Synod, November 1995. Front row, from left, Pope John Paul II and Cardinal Liubachivskyj. Back row, from left, unidentified, unidentified, Bishop Ivan Marhitech, unidentified, Bishop Andres Sapelak, unidentified, Bishop Isidore Borecky, Bishop Innocent Lotecky, Bishop Sofron Dmyterko, Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk, Bishop Julian Gbur, Bishop Ivan (Jan) Martyniak, Bishop Michael Koltun, Bishop Severian Yakymyshyn, Bishop Michael Hrynchyshyn, unidentified, Bishop Peter Stasiuk, Metropolitan Michael Bzdel, Bishop Michael Sabryha, unidentified, Bishop Ireneos Bilyk, Bishop Michael Kuchmiak?, unidentified, Bishop Wasyl Filevich, Bishop Paul Wasylyk, unidentified, Bishop Julian Voronovskij, unidentified, unidentified, and Bishop Basil Losten.