Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine

The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Serhii Kippa, O.F.M. Cap., hitherto superior of the Custody of the Friars Minor Capuchin of Ukraine, as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomir, Ukraine, assigning him the titular see of Marazane.

Curriculum vitae

The Reverend Fr. Serhii Kippa was born on 12 December 1978 in Voznesensk, Mykolaiv region (territory of the diocese of Odessa-Simferopol). He studied Turkish at the National Linguistic University of Kyiv (1996-2001).

In 2001 he began his. postulancy and subsequently his novitiate in the Order of Friars Minor. In 2005, he transferred to the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, in which he gave his perpetual vows in 2009. He received his religious, philosophical and theological formation first at the Seminary of the Order of Friars Minor in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Poland (2003–2005), and subsequently at the Seminary of the Capuchin Friars Minor in Kraków, Poland (2006–2010), where he obtained a master’s degree in theology.

He was ordained a deacon on 18 October 2009, and a priest on 22 May 2010.

He has held the following offices: head of vocational pastoral care in various locations in Ukraine and also master of novices (2010–2016); subsequently, he served as guardian of the community of the Capuchin Friars Minor in Starokonstantyniv (2016–2018) and parish priest of the parish of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kyiv (2018–2022); since 2022, he has held the post of superior of the Custody of the Capuchin Friars Minor of Ukraine (re-elected for a second term in 2025).