consecration other_post created_cardinal_by nationality coat_of_arms article_title birth_date title rank image name enthroned cardinal consecrated_by predecessor birth_place type ordained_by previous_post appointed religion see ordination birth_name
20 september 1986 cardinal-priest of preziosissimo sangue di nostro signore gesů cristo pope benedict xvi kenyan coat of arms of john njue.svg john njue
 31 december 1944 cardinal , archbishop of nairobi cardinal-priest cardinal john njue.jpg john njue 1 november 2007 24 november 2007 jozef tomko raphael ndingi mwana'a nzeki embu , kenya cardinal pope paul vi bishop archbishop of nyeri -lrb- 2002 -- 2007 -rrb- of embu -lrb- 1986 -- 2002 -rrb- coadjutor 6 october 2007 roman catholic nairobi 6 january 1973 john njue
john njue

john njue -lrb- born 31 december 1944 -rrb- 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 -lrb- 2002 -- 2007 -rrb- and bishop of embu -lrb- 1986 -- 2002 -rrb- .
he was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007 .
