# Leon Malyi

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Bishop **Leon Malyi** (Ukrainian: Леон Малий; Polish: *Leon Mały*; born 17 August 1958 in [Bar, Vinnytsia Oblast](/source/Bar,_Vinnytsia_Oblast), [Ukrainian SSR](/source/Ukrainian_SSR)) is a Ukrainian [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic) prelate, the Titular Bishop of [Tabunia](/source/Tabunia) and [Auxiliary bishop](/source/Auxiliary_bishop) of the [Archdiocese of Lviv](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Lviv) since 4 May 2002.

## Life

Leon Malyi was born in the family of Yan and Henovefa (née Hutsal) Malyi in the [Podolia](/source/Podolia). After graduation of the school education, continued to study at the Lviv cinema college. In the same time he joined the clandestine Roman Catholic Theological Seminary under the supervision of Father Henrik Mosing:[1] he was ordained as [priest](/source/Priest) on June 7, 1984, by clandestine Bishop [Jan Cienski](/source/Jan_Cienski)[2] (single Roman Catholic bishop in the territory of Ukraine) after graduation of the theological studies.[1]

During 1984–1990 he worked as a clandestine priest in the Podolia region and after the [Dissolution of the Soviet Union](/source/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union) began to work openly until 1995. Fr. Malyi continued to study in the [Pontifical University of the Holy Cross](/source/Pontifical_University_of_the_Holy_Cross) in [Rome](/source/Rome) with [Doctor of Sacred Theology](/source/Doctor_of_Sacred_Theology) degree (1995–2000). He returned to Ukraine in 2000 and began to work as a Prefect in the [Major Roman Catholic Theological Seminary in Lviv](/source/Roman_Catholic_Seminary_in_Lviv) (2000–2002).[1]

On May 4, 2002, he was appointed by [Pope John Paul II](/source/Pope_John_Paul_II) as the second [Auxiliary Bishop](/source/Auxiliary_Bishop) of the [Archdiocese of Lviv](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Lviv), Ukraine, and [Titular Bishop](/source/Titular_Bishop) of [Tabunia](/source/Tabunia). On June 20, 2002, he was consecrated as bishop by Metropolitan Archbishop [Marian Cardinal Jaworski](/source/Marian_Jaworski) and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church.[2]

## References

1. ["Єпископ Леон Малий"](http://www.rkc.lviv.ua/category_2.php?cat_1=1&cat_2=7&lang=1) (in Ukrainian). *Official Website of the Archdiocese of Lviv*. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

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