A BISHOP APPOINTED BY POPE FRANCIS IN 2013 AND NAMED A CARDINAL BY POPE FRANCIS, ONLY TO REJECT THE CARDINALATE, APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ASKED TO RESIGN AS BISHOP AT THE AGE OF 62 BY HIS HOLINESS, POPE LEO XIV…

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Bishop who declined red hat resigns at 63 

Bishop Syukur stepped down citing ‘obedience’ to the Holy See

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The Vatican announced Jan. 19 that Pope Leo XIV had accepted the resignation of Bishop Paskalis Bruno Syukur, O.F.M., as head of the Diocese of Bogor.

The Vatican did not give a reason for Syukur’s highly unusual resignation at the age of 63, 12 years after he was appointed to lead the Bogor diocese and 12 years before he would be expected to tender his resignation to the pope. There have been no public reports that Syukur is suffering from health issues.

that he would be among 21 new cardinals created in December that year.

But the Vatican said on Oct. 22, 2024, that Syukur had asked not to be created a cardinal.

“Pope Francis has accepted the request of His Excellency Bishop Paskalis Bruno Syukur of Bogor, Indonesia, not to be created cardinal in the upcoming consistory,” the Holy See press office said.