Boniface Lele (April 14, 1947 – April 9, 2014) was a
Roman Catholic
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bishop.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1974, Lele was named bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kitui
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kitui ( la, Kituien(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Kitui in the Ecclesiastical province of Nairobi in Kenya.
History
* February 20, 1956: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Kitui from the Diocese o ...
,
Kenya
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, in 1995. He was named archbishop of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa ( la, Mombasaën(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Mombasa in Kenya.
History
* May 8, 1955: Established as Diocese of Mombasa e Zanzibar from the Metropolitan Archdiocese ...
in 2005 and resigned in 2013.
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He died on April 9, 2014, from a heart attack
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at the age of 66, five days before his 67th birthday.
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1947 births
2014 deaths
21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Kenya
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Kenya
Roman Catholic bishops of Kitui
Roman Catholic bishops of Machakos
Roman Catholic archbishops of Mombasa
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