Mykola Bychok

Mykola Bychok, (; born 13 February 1980) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic (The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church "shares the full communion with Rome, although it adheres to the Byzantine rite, with a liturgy more similar to that of Orthodox Christians and a married clergy." The eparchy's jurisdiction comprises Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania.)

On 6 October 2024, Pope Francis announced that he planned to make Bychok a cardinal; on 7 December 2024 he was made a cardinal priest, of Santa Sofia a Via Boccea. In place of the red biretta given to new cardinals of the Latin rite, Francis placed a black koukoulion with a red trim, the typical Ukrainian monastic headdress, on Bychok's head. Bychok became the youngest member of the College of Cardinals, (Giorgio Marengo, more than five and a half years older than Bychok, was previously the youngest cardinal.)

A cardinal elector at the 2025 papal conclave, and Australia's sole representative, he lightly joked afterwards that being shut off from the world for an extended time was the highlight of his life: "Just try … try to turn off your phone at least for 24 hours – my phone was turned off for two and a half days" and nothing like the film Conclave, which he said did not depict prayer.

Honours Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Order of Saint John