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John Cardinal Njue

Archbishop of Nairobi

Cardinal-Priest of Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo

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Ordained Priest by: Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †) Principal Consecrator: Jozef Cardinal Tomko Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Silas Silvius Njiru Bishop of Meru Bishop Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana’a Nzeki Bishop of Nakuru

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Jozef Cardinal Tomko (1979) Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola Pope John Paul II (1958) (Bl. 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 † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of: Bishop James Maria Wainaina Kungu (2009) Bishop Paul Kariuki Njiru (2009) Bishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba (2010) Bishop Dominic Kimengich (2010) Bishop Emanuel Barbara, O.F.M. Cap. (2011) Bishop Joseph Ndembu Mbatia (2012) Bishop John Oballa Owaa (2012) Bishop Joseph Alessandro, O.F.M. Cap. (2012) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Joseph Mairura Okemwa (1995) Bishop Peter Kihara Kariuki, I.M.C. (1999) Bishop Salesius Mugambi (2002) Bishop Cornelius Schilder, M.H.M. (2003) Bishop Luigi Paiaro (2003) Bishop Anthony Muheria (2004)