SPECIAL REPORT: Ukrainian Catholic Bishop speaks of joys, challenges and new opportunities

28 Apr 2022

By Michelle Tan

By Michelle Tan and Jamie O’Brien.

Bishop Mykola Bychok speaks with Jamie O’Brien at the Ukrainian Catholic Church of St Joh the Baptist, Maylands. Video: Michelle Tan.

Ukrainian Catholic Bishop Mykola Bychok recently sat down with The Record Editor Jamie O’Brien to share his experience as the new leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia, and in light of the current crises facing Ukraine.

The third Eparch for Catholic Ukrainians in Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania, Bishop Mykola is just 42 years old and has served in Ukraine, Russia and New Jersey, prior to his arrival in Australia.

Bishop Bychok
Bishop Mykola Bychok was enthroned in as the third Eparch for Ukrainians in Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania, in a traditional Eastern Rite service in Melbourne on 11 July 2021 at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul. Photo: Michelle Tan
A small table with a cross and candle in the Ukrainian Catholic Church of St John the Baptist, Maylands. Photo: Michelle Tan.
Ukrainian Catholic Bishop Mykola Bychok speaks with The Record Editor Jamie O’Brien about his experience of becoming a Bishop in the midst of a pandemic, the war in Ukraine as well as his vocation story of becoming a priest. Photo: Michelle Tan.