{"id":121956,"date":"2026-09-04T12:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T10:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/nuovo-vescovo-cappuccino-fr-serhii-kippa-ofm-cap\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T12:12:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T10:12:59","slug":"nuovo-vescovo-cappuccino-fr-serhii-kippa-ofm-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/en\/nuovo-vescovo-cappuccino-fr-serhii-kippa-ofm-cap\/","title":{"rendered":"New Capuchin Bishop &#8211; Br. Serhii Kippa, OFM Cap."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Holy Father has appointed Br. Serhii Kippa, OFM Cap. as Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Kiev-Zhytomyr, Ukraine, assigning him the titular see of Marazane. Until now, Br. Serhii has served as superior in the Capuchin Custody of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Br. Serhii Kippa was born on December 12, 1978, in Voznesensk, Mykolaiv Oblast (within the territory of the Diocese of Odessa-Simferopol). 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