The nomination of Bishop Mykola Bychok gave Ukraine its only cardinal and sent a subtle political message as Russia’s war grinds on.
Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals on Sunday, including the 44-year-old head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Melbourne, Bishop Mykola Bychok.
Ukrainian Bishop Mykola Bychok celebrates Easter mass at St Peter and Paul Cathedral in North Melbourne in 2022.Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See, Andrii Yurash, praised the nomination, even though Francis chose the head of Ukraine’s Greek Catholic Church in Australia over the Kyiv-based head, His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk.
Usually the college has a limit of 120 on voting-age cardinals but popes often exceed the cap temporarily to keep the body robust as existing cardinals age out. As of September 28, there were 122 cardinal-electors; that means the new infusion brings their numbers up to 142. In addition to Syukor, Asia gets two more cardinals in Monsignor Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, the archbishop of Tokyo; and Monsignor Pablo Virgilio Sinogco David, the bishop of Kalookan, Philippines.
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