John Njue

Archbishop of Nairobi
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John Njue

Summary

John Njue is a human[1]. His place of birth was Embu[2]. He was born on January 1, 1946[3]. He worked as a Catholic priest[4], university teacher[5], and Catholic bishop[6]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (302 views/month, #7,252 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • John Njue was born in Embu[2].
  • John Njue was born on January 1, 1946[3].
  • John Njue held citizenship in Kenya[8].
  • John Njue's professions included Catholic priest[4].
  • John Njue's professions included university teacher[5].
  • John Njue's professions included Catholic bishop[6].
  • John Njue held the position of cardinal[9].
  • John Njue held the position of Roman Catholic Bishop of Embu[10].
  • John Njue was educated at Pontifical Lateran University[11].
  • John Njue's education included a stint at Pontifical Urbaniana University[12].
  • John Njue's religion is recorded as Catholic Church[13].
  • John Njue is recorded as male[14].
  • John Njue's instance of is recorded as human[15].
  • John Njue's Commons category is recorded as John Njue[16].
  • John Njue's family name is recorded as Njue[17].
  • John Njue's given name is recorded as John[18].
  • John Njue's participant in is recorded as 2013 conclave[19].
  • John Njue's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[20].
  • John Njue's consecrator is recorded as Jozef Tomko[21].
  • John Njue's consecrator is recorded as Silas Silvius Njiru[22].
  • John Njue's consecrator is recorded as Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana a'Nzeki[23].
  • John Njue's P14931 is recorded as njue_j[24].

Body

Origins and Family

John Njue was born in Embu[2]. He was born on January 1, 1946[3].

Education

Educated at Pontifical Lateran University[11], a pontifical university[25], in Vatican City[26], founded in 1773[27] and Pontifical Urbaniana University[12], a pontifical university[28], in Italy[29], founded in 1627[30].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include Catholic priest[4], university teacher[5], and Catholic bishop[6]. Positions held include cardinal[9], a title[31] and Roman Catholic Bishop of Embu[10].

Personal Life

John Njue's religion is recorded as Catholic Church[13].

Why It Matters

John Njue ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (302 views/month, #7,252 of 1,000,298).[7] He has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] He is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

FAQs

Where was John Njue born?

John Njue's place of birth was Embu[2].

What did John Njue do for work?

John Njue worked as Catholic priest[4], university teacher[5], and Catholic bishop[6].

Where did John Njue go to school?

John Njue was educated at Pontifical Lateran University[11] and Pontifical Urbaniana University[12].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . press.vatican.va. press.vatican.va. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Tymewalk · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'ee', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'hr', '
    P14931 → njue_j
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14931]]: njue_j, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/289577|batch #289577]]"
  2. 29d ago · Bargioni · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Position held → Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi, cardinal, Roman Catholic Bishop of Embu
    Given name → John
    Country of citizenship → Kenya
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53268|batch #53268]]: add P1810 to P1047"
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