The Ukrainian-born missionary says he aims to be a cardinal who is 'flexible, holy, accessible and without eminence'.
He is now Australia 's highest ranking Catholic and the first cardinal from Australia since George Pell .Because he is under the age of 80, he will be eligible to cast a vote in the election of future popes.Share article
"At this age, my dream was to be a Redemptorist to belong to the congregation of The Holy Redeemer, to be a priest and that's it," he said.Mykola Bychok's elevation by Pope Francis recognised his ties to Eastern Europe.He said he does not know why he was chosen to be a cardinal — most other cardinals are in their 70s — but he added that he believed God would "strengthen" him in his new role.
"This pope really has kind of a tendency to favour people that work in the peripheries," the Catholic News Service's Rome Correspondent, Justin McLellan, told the ABC. He was ordained as a priest in Lviv, Ukraine, seven years later, and has also studied and served in Poland, Russia, and the United States.
"This man will bring all sorts of gifts to the church, local and universal, and will complement the wider church.
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