Petro Herkulan Malchuk,
O.F.M. (; ''pol. Piotr Malczuk'' 7 July 1965 – 27 May 2016) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of
Kyiv-Zhytomyr.
Life
Malchuk was born in
Slobozia-Rașcov in the
Moldovan SSR into a
Polish family.
He began studies at the Seminary of
Riga
Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planni ...
in 1986.
On 7 June 1992 Petro Herkulan Malchuk was ordained a priest by Jan Olszanski MIC, Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi. In 1993 he made the Franciscan order profession.
Pope Benedict XVI in 2008 appointed him titular bishop of media, and as auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Southeast Ukrainian Odessa-Simferopol. The episcopal ordination took place on 3 May 2008, with Cardinal
Marian Jaworski, Archbishop of Lviv; and Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine and Bronislaw Bernacki, Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol as co-consecrators.
On 15 June 2011 he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI with a personal title of Archbishop ("personal capacity") to the pastors of the Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr. The inauguration at the St. Alexander's Cathedral (Kiev) was the first since 1680 in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev itself; Malchuk is also the first pastor of the diocese, and holds the title of an archbishop.
He died on 27 May 2016 of a suspected heart attack in
Grodno
Grodno, or Hrodna, is a city in western Belarus. It is one of the oldest cities in Belarus. The city is located on the Neman, Neman River, from Minsk, about from the Belarus–Poland border, border with Poland, and from the Belarus–Lithua ...
while participating in the Eucharistic Congress.
Archbishop Petro Herkulan Malchuk, O.F.M. †
/ref>
Notes
First inauguration of a bishop in Kyiv since 1680", Domradio, 5 August 2011
See also
References
External links
* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmalchuk.html
* http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/kyiv2.htm#23941
{{DEFAULTSORT:Malchuk, Petro Herkulan
1965 births
2016 deaths
People from Camenca District
Transnistrian people of Polish descent
Ukrainian people of Polish descent
Roman Catholic bishops of Kyiv
Ukrainian Friars Minor