John Njenga

Most Reverend
Archbishop Emeritus of Mombasa
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseMombasa
MetropolisMombasa
SeeMombasa
Appointed1957
Term ended4 November 2018
Orders
Consecration19 October 1970
by Pope Paul VI
Personal details
Born
John Njenga

25 December 1928
Tigoni, Kiambu, Kenya
Died4 November 2018 (aged 89)
DenominationCatholic
Ordination history of
John Njenga
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byJohn Joseph McCarthy
Date31 January 1961

John Njenga (December 25, 1928 November 4, 2018) was Roman Catholic archbishop of Mombasa Diocese from 1990 to 2005.

Njenga was born to Peter Kimani and Maria Wanjiru in Tigoni, Kiambu District, Kenya and attended Mang’u High School. He was ordained priest at Kibosho Major Seminary in Tanzania in 1957, and was posted to the Nairobi Diocese. In 1970 he was ordained Bishop of Eldoret, and in 1988 Bishop of Mombasa, becoming Archbishop two years later.[1] Njenga was President of the Kenyan Episcopal Conference, a permanent organisation of Roman Catholic bishops in Kenya, from 1976 until 1982. Archbishop Emeritus John Njenga died on 4 November 2018.[2]

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