Boniface Lele (April 14, 1947 – April 9, 2014) was a

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bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1974, Lele was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kitui,

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, in 1995. He was named archbishop of the

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in 2005 and resigned in 2013.Boniface Lele
/ref> He died on April 9, 2014, from a

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at the age of 66, five days before his 67th birthday.

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