Maciej Małyga

Małyga was born in Środa Śląska in the Roman Catholic family. After graduation of the primary school education in 1994 and the classical liceum #12 in Wrocław in 1998, he joined Major Theological Seminary in Wrocław, Poland (1998–2004) and was ordained as a priest for the Archdiocese of Wrocław on 22 May 2004 at the Wrocław Cathedral by archbishop Marian Gołębiewski,[1] after completed his philosophical and theological studies.[2]

In the years 2004–2006 he was an assistant priest in the parish of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist in Oleśnica. During 2006–2012 he continued his postgraduate studies at the University of Freiburg, Germany and in 2012 he obtained a Doctor of Theology degree and began lecturing at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Wrocław.[2]

After returning from studies, he became a spiritual director at the Major Theological Seminary in Wrocław. In 2019 he became the bishop's vicar for the permanent formation of priests. He was also elected to the Priestly Council and appointed director of the House of Permanent Formation of Priests in Sulistrowiczki. In 2021, he became a spiricual director for the propaedeutic year in the Archdiocese of Wrocław.[2]

On 10 March 2022 Fr. Małyga was appointed by Pope Francis as an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wrocław and Titular Bishop of Ulcinium. On 24 April 2022 he was consecrated as bishop by Archbishop Józef Kupny and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Wrocław.[1]

Bishop Małyga was appointed as a vicar general of the Archdiocese of Wrocław.[3]