John Cardinal Njue
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His Eminence John Njue |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Nairobi | |
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| See | Nairobi |
| Appointed | 6 October 2007 |
| Installed | 1 November 2007 |
| Predecessor | Raphael Ndingi Mwana'a Nzeki |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesů Cristo |
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| Ordination | 6 January 1973 by Pope Paul VI |
| Consecration | 20 September 1986 by Jozef Tomko |
| Created Cardinal | 24 November 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | John Njue |
| Born |
31 December 1944 Embu, Kenya |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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John Njue (born 1944) is a Kenyan Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the fourth and current Archbishop of Nairobi, having previously served as Coadjutor Archbishop of Nyeri (2002–2007) and Bishop of Embu (1986–2002). He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007.
Njue was born in Embu, Kenya, to Joseph Nyanga Kibariki and Monica Ngina Nyaga. He was baptized in 1948, and entered the minor seminary in Nkubu in 1962. From 1967 to 1974, he furthered his studies in Rome at the Pontifical Urbaniana University (where he obtained a licentiate in philosophy) and Pontifical Lateran University (licentiate in pastoral theology).
On 6 January 1973, Njue was ordained to the priesthood by Pope Paul VI in St. Peter's Basilica. Returning to Kenya in October 1974, he did pastoral work in Kariakomu in the southern district of Meru. He also taught philosophy at the National Seminary of Bungoma, of which he later served as rector from 1978 to 1982. In 1982, he completed a course in spirituality in the United States. He then served as a parish priest in Chuka and rector of the Philosophical Seminary of Meru.
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