Metropolitan Michael Bzdel goes to Rome to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Union of Brest, Rome, Italy, July 7, 1996.

Metropolitan Michael Bzdel goes to Rome to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Union of Brest, Rome, Italy, July 7, 1996.

Metropolitan Michael Bzdel goes to Rome to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Union of Brest, Rome, Italy, July 7, 1996. In the back left is Archbishop Stephen Sulyk, beside him in Metropolitan Michael Bzdel, and in the front on the right is Bishop Roman Danylak.

Metropolitan Michael Bzdel goes to Rome to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Union of Brest, Rome, Italy, July 7, 1996. Pope John Paul II is on the right.

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, Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk, Bishop Efrai mKrevey, Bishop Michael Koltun, Bishop Severian Yakymyshyn, Bishop Michael Hrynchyshyn, unidentified, Bishop Peter Stasiuk, Metropolitan Michael Bzdel, Bishop Michael Sabryha, Bishop Basil Medvit, unidentified, Bishop Michael Kuchmiak, unidentified, Bishop Basil (Wasyl) Filevich, Bishop Paul Wasylyk, unidentified, Bishop Julian Voronovskij, unidentified, unidentified, and Bishop Basil Losten.

Canadian hierarchs at the 400th anniversary of the Union of Brest, Rome, Italy, July 7, 1996. From left to right: Bishop Mike Yakimyshyn, Bishop Roman Danylak, Metropolitan Michael Bzdel, Bishop Cornelius Pasichny, and Bishop Stefan Soroka.

Eugène Cardinal Tisserant is seated, centre of this black and white print, together with various clergy and many young men, in front of the Ukrainian Institute, St. John Bosco, Castelgandolfo, Rome, Italy, January 29, 1957. A greeting to Bishop Maxim Hermaniuk is written in ink upon the back.

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, unidentified, Pope John Paul II, Father Lonchyna, Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk, and Archbishop Ivan Martyniak.

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, unidentified, 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.