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.

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.

Service led by Ukrainian Catholic hierarchs inside St. Sophia Ukrainian Catholic Church, Rome, Italy, November 1995. From left, unidentified, Bishop Basil (Wasyl) Filevich, Bishop Paul Wasylyk, Bishop Severian Yakymyshyn, Bishop Michael Hrynchyshyn, unidentified, Bishop Basil Losten, Bishop Isidore Borecky, Metropolitan Michael Bzdel, Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk, unidentified, Bishop Ireneos Bilyk, Bishop Ivan Marhitech, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, and Bishop Julian Gbur.

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

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

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 Julian Gbur, Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk, Bishop Ivan (Jan) Martyniak, unidentified, Bishop Efraim Krevey, Bishop Walter Paska, Bishop Michael Koltun, Bishop Severian Yakymyshyn, Bishop Michael Hrynchyshyn, Bishop Peter Stasiuk, unidentified, Metropolitan Michael Bzdel, unidentified, unidentified, Bishop Basil (Wasyl) Filevich, Bishop Michael Kuchmiak, unidentified, BIshop Paul Wasylyk, Bishop Julian Voronovskij, and unidentified.

Ukrainian Catholic hierarchs inside St. Sophia Ukrainian Catholic Church. November 1995. First row, from left, Bishop Ivan Semedi, Bishop Andrij Sapeljak, Bishop Platon Kornyljak, Archbishop Antonio Franco (Apostolic Nuncio, Vatican representative to Ukraine), Archbishop Myroslav Marusyn, Archbishop-Metropolitan Stefan Sulyk, His Eminence Achille Cardinal Sylvestrini, Archbishop-Metropolitan Michael Bzdel, Bishop Vasyl Losten, Bishop Pavlo Vasylyk, Bishop Miguel Mykycej, and Bishop Severian Yakymyshyn. Second row, from left, Bishop Irynej Bilyk, Bishop Julian Voronovski, Bishop Innocent Lotocky, Bishop Isidore Boreckyj, Bishop Walter Paska, Bishop Michael Kuchmiak, Bishop Michael Hrynchyshyn, Bishop Jan Martyniak, Bishop Sofron Dmyterko, Bishop Slavomyr Miklovs, Bishop Mychajlo Koltun, and Bishop Wasyl Medwit. Last row, from left, Bishop Julian Gbur, Bishop Michael Wiwchar, Bishop Robert Moskal, Bishop Ivan Marghitych, Bishop Efraim Krevey, Bishop Vasyl Filevich, Bishop Roman Danylak, Bishop Myron Daciuk, Bishop Peter Stasiuk, Bishop Mykhajlo Sabryha.

Aerial view of Piazza e Basilica di S. Pietro in Rome. Ukrainian writing on back of postcard. Addressed to Philip Ruh.

July 10, 1960. Rome, Italy.

Pope Pius XII stands with his hands clasped before the "Regina Decoer Carmeli Ora Pro Nobis," written in white at the bottom of the face of the print. c.1958.

Audience with Pope Pius XII, who is sitting at his throne, in St. Peter's, Rome, Italy, October 5-13, 1957. The event is indicated by a stamp in red on the back of the print, lower right.