John Cardinal Njue

Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya

Cardinal-Priest of Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jan 1946		Born
6 Jan 1973	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Meru, Kenya
9 Jun 1986	40.4	Appointed	Bishop of Embu, Kenya
20 Sep 1986	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Embu, Kenya
9 Mar 2002	56.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya
6 Oct 2007	61.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya
1 Nov 2007	61.8	Installed	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya
24 Nov 2007	61.8	Elevated to Cardinal
24 Nov 2007	61.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo
17 Feb 2008	62.1	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo
4 Jan 2021	75.0	Retired	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya

MicroData Summary
John Njue
John Cardinal Njue
(born 1 Jan 1946)
Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi

Ad Limina - November 2007: Bishop
Consistory - 2007: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2013: Participated
Ad Limina - April 2015: Bishop
Conclave - 2025: Unable to Participate

Event Place
Birth Place Embu, Prefecture Apostolic of Meru
Ordained Priest San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Stadium, Embu, Diocese of Embu

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Nairobi.

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Ordained Priest by:
Pope Paul VI
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Principal Consecrator:
Jozef Cardinal Tomko †
Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Silas Silvius Njiru †
Bishop of Meru
Bishop Raphael Simon Ndingi Mwana’a Nzeki †
Bishop of Nakuru

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Jozef Cardinal Tomko † (1979)
Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop James Maria Wainaina Kungu (2009)
Bishop Paul Kariuki Njiru (2009)
Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba (2010)
Bishop Dominic Kimengich (2010)
Bishop Emanuel Barbara, O.F.M. Cap. † (2011)
Bishop Joseph Ndembu Mbatia (2012)
Bishop John Oballa Owaa (2012)
Bishop Joseph Alessandro, O.F.M. Cap. (2012)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Mairura Okemwa (1995)
Bishop Peter Kihara Kariuki, I.M.C. (1999)
Bishop Salesius Mugambi (2002)
Bishop Cornelius Schilder, M.H.M. (2003)
Bishop Luigi Paiaro (2003)
Archbishop Anthony Muheria (2004)
Bishop Joseph Maluki Mwongela (2020)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Embu, Prefecture Apostolic of Meru
Ordained Priest	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Stadium, Embu, Diocese of Embu

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q470625

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 6 Oct 2007
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 100, Number 8,666
r: Bollettino, 4 Jan 2021
opd: CB, 11 Apr 2023
bd: Annuario Pontificio, Year 2024, Page 78

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