Bishop Njue named cardinal

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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Bishop Njue named cardinal
Oct 18, 2007
Barely two weeks after he was appointed the archbishop of Nairobi, John Njue has been appointed Cardinal of Kenya.

(kbc.co.ke, Oct 17, 2007) In a statement from the Apostolic Nunciature, His Holiness pope Benedict the 16th has appointed John Njue as a new cardinal and as member of the sacred college of cardinals.

According to the Catholic Church, the POPE is the only one with the power to appoint bishops and cardinals.

His Grace, the Most Reverend John Njue becomes the second cardinal of Kenya after the position fell vacant five years ago following the death of Maurice Otunga, the first Kenyan to become an archbishop and a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.

Njue was appointed the third Kenyan Archbishop of Nairobi early this month, after Ndingi and the late Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga.

Otunga died on September 6, 2003, at the age of eighty, after serving the church for fifty-three years as a priest, a bishop, and a cardinal.

John Njue was born in 1944 at Kiriari in Embu and was baptized at Kevote Parish in 1948.

He started school in 1952 at the height of Kenya's war of Independence against British colonialism.

He rose through the ranks of father and in 1985, was appointed coadjutor archbishop of Nyeri on 9th Maarch 2002.

He is scheduled to be installed as Archbishop of Nairobi diocese on November 1st.

The Nunciature has also announced that his holiness the pope benedict the 16th will elevate John Njue as new cardinal and member of the Sacred College of cardinals on the 24th November in Nairobi.

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