Colin Cameron Davies
Colin Cameron Davies MHM (born June 10, 1924 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria , † January 8, 2017 in Argentina ) was a Spanish religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Ngong in Kenya .
Life
Colin Cameron Davies joined the religious order of the Mill Hill Missionaries in and received on 13 July 1952, the priestly ordination .
Pope Paul VI appointed him on July 9, 1964 as Apostolic Prefect of Ngong . He attended the third and fourth sessions of the Second Vatican Council as a council father.
With the elevation of the prefecture to the diocese on December 9, 1976 Davies was appointed the first bishop of Ngong. The Archbishop of Nairobi , Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga , donated him episcopal ordination on February 27 of the next year ; Co -consecrators were Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan , Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in Kenya, and John Njenga , Bishop of Eldoret .
On November 23, 2002, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation.
Individual evidence
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Joannes de Reeper |
Apostolic Prefect of Ngong 1964–1976 |
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Bishop of Ngong 1976-2002 |
Cornelius Schilder MHM |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Davies, Colin Cameron |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish religious, Roman Catholic bishop of Ngong |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 2017 |
| Place of death | Argentina |