Nicodemus Kirima
Nicodemus Kirima (born March 3, 1936 in Karatina , Nyeri District , Central Province , Kenya , † November 27, 2007 in Nairobi ) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Nyeri in Kenya.
Life
Nicodemus Kirima received on 22 December 1962, the sacrament of Holy Orders in Nyeri.
In 1978 Pope Paul VI appointed him bishop of Mombasa . The episcopal ordination donated to him on May 14, 1978 Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga and the co-consecrators Agostino Cardinal Cacciavillan and Archbishop John Njenga . On March 12, 1988, Pope John Paul II was appointed Bishop of Nyeri . After Nyeri was raised to an archbishopric on May 21, 1990, Kirima became the first archbishop.
Nicodemus Kirima died of complications from kidney problems after undergoing a kidney transplant in 2002.
Individual evidence
- ^ Nyeri Catholic Archbishop Kirima dies ( February 8, 2008 memento in the Internet Archive ), CNA, November 27, 2007
Web links
- Entry on Nicodemus Kirima on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, “Nyeri Catholic Archbishop Kirima dies,” Nov. 27, 2007
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Eugene Joseph Butler |
Bishop of Mombasa 1978–1988 |
John Njenga |
| Caesar Gatimu |
Archbishop of Nyeri 1988–2007 |
Peter J. Cairo |
| Dennis Harold De Jong |
Chairman of the Bishops' Conference of East Africa 1989–1997 |
Josaphat Louis Lebulu |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kirima, Nicodemus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan clergyman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Nyeri |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karatina , Nyeri District, Central Province, Kenya |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 27, 2007 |
| Place of death | Nairobi , Kenya |