Archbishop John Joseph Njenga †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Mombasa, Kenya

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Dec 1928		Born
17 Feb 1957	28.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Nairobi, Kenya
19 Oct 1970	41.8	Appointed	Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya
22 Nov 1970	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya
25 Oct 1988	59.8	Appointed	Bishop of Mombasa, Kenya
21 May 1990	61.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Mombasa, Kenya
1 Apr 2005	76.2	Retired	Archbishop of Mombasa, Kenya
4 Nov 2018	89.8	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Mombasa, Kenya

MicroData Summary for John Joseph Njenga
(VIAF: 88465847; WikiData: Q1701224)
Archbishop John Joseph Njenga (born 25 Dec 1928, died 4 Nov 2018) Archbishop Emeritus of Mombasa

Event Place
Birth Place Tigoni, Vicariate Apostolic of Zanzibar
Ordained Priest Church, Lioki, Archdiocese of Nairobi
Ordained Bishop Eldoret, Diocese of Eldoret
Death Place Mater Hospital, Nairobi, Archdiocese of Nairobi
Buried Place (Original) Holy Family, Basilica, Nairobi, Archdiocese of Nairobi

a priest for 61.7 years
a bishop for 47.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop John Joseph McCarthy, C.S.Sp. †
Archbishop of Nairobi
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pierluigi Sartorelli †
Titular Archbishop of Semina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Maurice Michael Otunga †
Titular Archbishop of Polymartium
Bishop Caesar Gatimu †
Bishop of Nyeri

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Pierluigi Sartorelli † (1967)
Titular Archbishop of Semina
Giovanni Cardinal Urbani † (1946)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo (1983)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Colin Cameron Davies, M.H.M. † (1977)
Bishop John Christopher Mahon, S.P.S. † (1978)
Archbishop Nicodemus Kirima † (1978)
Bishop Cornelius Kipng’eno Arap Korir † (1990)
Bishop Francis Baldacchino, O.F.M. Cap. † (2000)
Bishop Virgilio Pante, I.M.C. (2001)
Archbishop Martin Kivuva Musonde (2003)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Tigoni, Vicariate Apostolic of Zanzibar
Ordained Priest	Church, Lioki, Archdiocese of Nairobi
Ordained Bishop	Eldoret, Diocese of Eldoret
Death Place	Mater Hospital, Nairobi, Archdiocese of Nairobi
Buried Place (Original)	Holy Family, Basilica, Nairobi, Archdiocese of Nairobi

Source(s):

d: CB, 4 Nov 2018
loc: CB, 7 Nov 2018
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 238, Necrology (back)
Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 15, Number 814
opd/c1: CB, 3 Aug 2024

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