Maybe because being a bishop is Holy Orders ?  To teach , govern , sanctify .  Whereas the title and job of cardinal is either given to honor the work of a lifetime ,  to rule an archdiocese , or to vote in a Pope  .
Used to be an archdiocese automatically got the red hat for an Archbishop  .
We 'll know things are really looking up when there are no more archdioceses  .

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