Kenyan Cardinal’s Retirement Accepted in Latest Administrative Changes by Pope Francis

He became a Bishop of his native Diocese of Embu in September 1986. In March 2002, he was transferred to Kenya’s Archdiocese of Nyeri as a Coadjutor Archbishop.

He was appointed Archbishop of Nairobi in October 2007, succeeding the Late Archbishop Ndingi Mawana a’Nzeki who retired the same year.

Cardinal Njue served as the Chairman of the Seminary Episcopal Commission for Major Seminaries in Kenya from 1987 to 1991.

He became the Chairman of the Catholic Bishops in Kenya from 1997 to 2003 and also served as the Chairman for the Bishops’ Catholic Justice and Peace Commission, and Chairman of Development and Social Services, a department of the then Kenya Catholic Secretariat (KCS).

He also served as Apostolic Administrator of the Vicariate of Isiolo (2005 – 2006) following the death of Bishop Luigi Locati.

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Meanwhile, born in 1955, Bishop David Kamau was ordained a Priest of his native Archdiocese of Nairobi in 1982.

He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi in 1999 and assigned the Titular church of Oëa in Libya.

The newly appointed Apostolic Administrator of Nairobi Archdiocese was ordained a Bishop in March 2000.

Agnes Aineah is a Kenyan journalist with a background in digital and newspaper reporting. She holds a Master of Arts in Digital Journalism from the Aga Khan University, Graduate School of Media and Communications and a Bachelor's Degree in Linguistics, Media and Communications from Kenya's Moi University. Agnes currently serves as a journalist for ACI Africa.