Nicodemus Kirima

Nicodemus Kirima ( born March 3, 1936 in Karatina, Nyeri District, Central Province, Kenya, † 27 November, 2007 Nairobi ) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop of Nyeri in Kenya.

Life

Nicodemus Kirima received on 22 December 1962, the sacrament of Holy Orders in Nyeri.

1978 Pope Paul VI named. him bishop of Mombasa. The episcopal ordination donated to him on May 14, 1978 Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga and the co-consecrators Agostino Cardinal and Archbishop John Njenga Cacciavillan. On March 12, 1988, by Pope John Paul II, the appointment of Bishop of Nyeri. After the collection of Nyeri to the archbishopric on May 21, 1990 Kirima was the first archbishop.

Nicodemus Kirima died of complications from kidney problems, having already had to undergo a kidney transplant in 2002 itself.

Central Province (Kenya) November 27 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa Maurice Michael Otunga Agostino Cacciavillan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri
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