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John Cardinal Njue

Function: Archbishop of Nairobi

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Birthdate: Jan 1, 2000	Country: Kenya

Elevated: Nov 24, 2007	More information:

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We Have A Cardinal!
Oct 18, 2007
The newly appointed Catholic Archbishop of Nairobi, John Njue, will be made a cardinal, the Vatican announced today.

Catholic Information Service for Africa (Nairobi, 17 October 2007) - Archbishop Njue, 63, will be among 17 new Princes of the Church to be named by Pope Benedict XVI on November 24. His title becomes His Eminence.

Njue is the second cardinal in Kenya's history, after the late Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga who was elevated to that rank by Pope Paul VI in 1973. Otunga died in 2003.

Njue will join the Sacred College of Cardinals, which assists the Holy Father in governing the universal Church. Cardinals below the age of 80 elect a new Pope.

According to a report by the Catholic News Agency, currently there are 105 cardinals under the age of 80 in the Sacred College of Cardinals, which leaves 15 vacancies to reach the normal total of 120.

This month the former Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Angelo Sodano and American Cardinal Edmund Szoka will both turn 80, bringing the total number of open spots to 17.

Archbishop Njue was appointed head of Nairobi on October 6. Until then, he was Coadjutor Archbishop of Nyeri and chairman of the Kenya Episcopal Conference (KEC). He was also Apostolic Administrator of Murang'a Diocese.

Njue will be installed at the Holy Family Basilica on Thursday, November 1

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