John Njenga

Who is John Njenga?

Archbishop John Njenga was Roman Catholic archbishop of Mombasa Diocese from 1990 to 2005.

Njenga was born to Peter Kimani and Maria Wanjir in Tigoni, Kiambu District, Kenya. and attended Mang’u High School. He was ordained priest at Kibosho Major Seminary in Tanzania in 1957, and was posted to the Nairobi Diocese. In 1970 he was ordained Bishop of Eldoret, and in 1988 Bishop of Mombasa, becoming Archbishop two years later.

Njenga was President of the Kenyan Episcopal Conference, a permanent organisation of Roman Catholic bishops in Kenya, from 1976 until 1982.