Bishop Paul Kariuki Njiru

Bishop Emeritus of Wote, Kenya

Motto: Eco Sum Bonus Pastor Tibi Et Omnibus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Mar 1963		Born
3 Jan 1993	29.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Embu, Kenya
9 May 2009	46.1	Appointed	Bishop of Embu, Kenya
25 Jul 2009	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Embu, Kenya
22 Jul 2023	60.3	Appointed	Bishop of Wote, Kenya
30 Sep 2023	60.5	Installed	Bishop of Wote, Kenya
25 Mar 2026	63.0	Resigned	Bishop of Wote, Kenya

MicroData Summary
Paul Kariuki Njiru
Bishop Paul Kariuki Njiru
(born 11 Mar 1963)
Bishop Emeritus of Wote

Ad Limina - April 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Kathunguri, Diocese of Embu
Ordained Bishop Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Embu, Diocese of Embu

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Wote.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
John Cardinal Njue
Archbishop of Nairobi
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Peter Joseph Kairo
Archbishop of Nyeri
Bishop Anthony Muheria
Bishop of Kitui

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

John Cardinal Njue (1986)
Archbishop of Nairobi
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 7633662
WikiData: Q2060540

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 199, Number 16,253
ab: Bollettino, 22 Jul 2023
i: AM, 1 Sep 2023
r: Bollettino, 25 Mar 2026

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