Paul Kariuki Njiru (born

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) is the

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Wote The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wote ( lat, Dioecesis Votensis) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Kenya. History 22 July 2023: the diocese was established from the diocesan territories of Machakos and was made a suffragan diocese of th ...

Diocese in

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Seminary formation and studies

Paul Kariuki Njiru was born in Kyeni, Embu. After schooling, he studied at St. Joseph's seminary and then St. Thomas Aquinas seminary in

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. In 1991 the

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awarded him a bachelor's degree for his studies while in Kenya. He was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Embu on March 1, 1993. As a parish priest, he worked in Kairuri parish and served as diocesan youth chaplain. He was the education secretary for Catholic schools in Embu Diocese. Having studied for six years in Rome, he was then awarded an S.T.L. (1999) and an S.T.D. (2002) in Biblical Theology from the

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Bishop of Embu

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nominated him Bishop of Embu on May 9, 2009. He was ordained on July 25. The consecrating bishops were Archbishop John Kardinal Njue of Nairobi, Peter J. Kairo, Archbishop of

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, and

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, Bishop of

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. He is chairman of the Catholic Health Commission of Kenya, a commission formed by the Kenyan Bishops' Conference. As chairman, he has oversight of the 58 hospitals, 83 health centers, 311 dispensaries, and 17 medical training institutions owned and operated by the Catholic Church in Kenya.

Bishop of Wote

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erected the

Makueni County Makueni County (formerly Makueni District) is a county in the former Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Wote. The county has a population of 987,653 (2019 census). The county lies between Latitude 1° 35' and 2° 59' Sou ...

in 2023, separating it from the Diocese of Machakos and appointing Njiru to be the first bishop.

Publications

* ''Charisms and the Holy Spirit's Activity in the Body of Christ: An Exegetical-Theological Study of 1 Corinthians 12,4-11 and Romans 12,6-8'' octoral dissertation(Rome: Ed. Pontificia Univ. Gregoriana, 2002).

External links

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Video of Bishop Njiru celebrating Mass

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Njiru, Paul Kariuki 1963 births Kenyan Roman Catholic bishops 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Kenya 21st-century Roman Catholic theologians Pontifical Gregorian University alumni Living people