
Executive staff of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference secretariat have met with members of the Permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.

Executive staff of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference secretariat have met with members of the Permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.

Cardinal Mykola Bychok, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk and Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe meet in Melbourne.
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB met with members of the Permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Melbourne this week.

Cardinal Mykola Bychok addressed the opening plenary of the Australian Catholic Youth Festival in Melbourne on November 30.
This is the text of his address:

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) has welcomed the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the Pope, now to be known by the name Leo XIV.
Cardinal Mykola Bychok has described the forthcoming funeral of Pope Francis as a “profoundly sacred moment for the Church and for the world”.
This is the text of a statement he delivered to media in Rome on April 25, ahead of the funeral Mass on April 26.

Pope Francis meets Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, 6 Oct, 2022 (Photo courtesy CNS/Vatican Media).
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, says Pope Francis will be remembered as a man of simplicity, humility and compassion.

Cardinal Mykola Bychok, the Eparch for Ukrainian Catholics in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, has delivered a speech at Domus Australia in Rome.
It comes two days after he was elevated to cardinal by Pope Francis at a consistory.

Bishop Mykola Bychok – Eparch of the Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne for Ukrainian Catholics in Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania – was elevated to the dignity of Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church by Pope Francis on December 7.
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference vice-president Bishop Greg Bennet, Archbishop of Melbourne Peter Comensoli and Conference general secretary Fr Chris De Souza travelled to Rome to support Cardinal Mykola.

Cardinal-designate Bishop Mykola Bychok has given a humble and uplifting address to the November plenary meeting of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference in Sydney.