John Njue

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**John Cardinal Njue**
Church positions

See	Archdiocese of Nairobi
Title	Archbishop of Nairobi; Cardinal priest of Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo
Period in office	October 6, 2007— present
Successor	incumbent
Previous post	Coadjutor Archbishop of Nyeri
Created cardinal	November 24, 2007
Personal
Date of birth	1944 (age 63–64)
Place of birth	Embu, Kenya

John Cardinal Njue (born 1944 in Embu, Kenya) is the current Archbishop of Nairobi. In 1986 he was made Bishop of Embu, Kenya. He was appointed Coadjutor archbishop of Nyeri in 2002. On 17 October 2007 he became Archbishop of Nairobi.

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Styles of John Cardinal Njue


Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Nairobi

[edit] Education

He was educated at the Minor Seminary of Meru and the Pontifical Urbaniana University, where he earned a licentiate in philosophy.

[edit] Priesthood

He was ordained on 6 January 1973 by Pope Paul VI. He served as Professor of philosophy at the National Seminary of Bungoma, diocese of Kakmega, 1975 and later, its vice-rector; and finally, its rector. In 1982, he completed a course in spirituality in the United States. Rector of the Philosophical Seminary of Meru, in Nairobi. He knows several languages.

On 17 October 2007, Pope Benedict XVI announced that he would make Njue a Cardinal. Njue was created cardinal priest in the consistory at St. Peter's Basilica on 24 November 2007 with the title of Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo(newly established).