John Njue

Archbishop of Nairobi
Person human Q470625
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Summary

John Njue was born on January 1, 1946[1], in Embu[2]. He has worked as a Catholic priest[3], university teacher[4], and Catholic bishop[5]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (638 views/month, #7,252 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Kenya[7]
  • Position held: cardinal[8], Roman Catholic Bishop of Embu[9]
  • Educated at: Pontifical Lateran University[10], Pontifical Urbaniana University[11]
  • Religion or worldview: Catholic Church[12]
  • Sex or gender: male[13]
  • Commons category: John Njue[14]
  • Family name: Njue[15]
  • Given name: John[16]
  • Participant in: 2013 conclave[17]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[18]
  • Consecrator: Jozef Tomko[19], Silas Silvius Njiru[20], Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana a'Nzeki[21]
  • P14931: njue_j[22]

Why It Matters

John Njue has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] He is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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 a Catholic priest[3], university teacher[4], and Catholic bishop[5].

Where did John Njue go to school?

John Njue was educated at Pontifical Lateran University[10] and Pontifical Urbaniana University[11].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 4h ago · Bargioni · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 6d ago · Dìdaxis · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sbn author id → LIGV054889
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Sbn author id: LIGV054889, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/326644545|John Njue (#326644545)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8551|SBN persons with dat"
  3. 16d 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| */ P14931: njue_j, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/289577|batch #289577]]"
  4. 5w 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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