Bishop Silas Silvius Njiru

Bishop Emeritus of Meru

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Oct 1928		Born	Kevote
17 Dec 1955	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Meru, Kenya
2 Oct 1975	47.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Meru, Kenya
2 Oct 1975	47.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Maturba
1 Jan 1976	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Maturba
9 Dec 1976	48.2	Appointed	Bishop of Meru, Kenya
18 Mar 2004	75.4	Retired	Bishop of Meru, Kenya

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Meru.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Lorenzo Bessone, I.M.C. †
Bishop Caesar Gatimu †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Silas Silvius Njiru (1976)
Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga † (1957)
James Robert Cardinal Knox † (1953)
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921)
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Peter J. Kairo
John Cardinal Njue
Bishop Luigi Locati †
Bishop Salesius Mugambi

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