John Cardinal Njue

Archbishop of Nairobi

Cardinal-Priest of Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1944		Born	Embu
6 Jan 1973	29.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Embu, Kenya
9 Jun 1986	42.4	Appointed	Bishop of Embu, Kenya
20 Sep 1986	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Embu, Kenya
9 Mar 2002	58.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya
6 Oct 2007	63.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya
1 Nov 2007	63.8	Installed	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya
24 Nov 2007	63.9	Elevated to Cardinal
24 Nov 2007	63.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo
17 Feb 2008	64.1	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo

Consistory - 2007: Created Cardinal

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Nairobi.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Pope Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †
Principal Consecrator:
Jozef Cardinal Tomko
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Silas Silvius Njiru
Archbishop Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana'a Nzeki

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

John Cardinal Njue (1986)
Jozef Cardinal Tomko (1979)
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyla † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Boleslaw Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
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 Joseph Mairura Okemwa
Bishop Peter Kihara Kariuki, I.M.C.
Bishop Salesius Mugambi
Bishop Cornelius Schilder, M.H.M.
Bishop Luigi Paiaro
Bishop Anthony Muheria

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