Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya

Cardinal-Priest of San Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Jan 1923		Born
3 Oct 1950	27.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kisumu, Kenya
17 Nov 1956	33.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Kisumu, Kenya
17 Nov 1956	33.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tacapae
25 Feb 1957	34.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tacapae
21 May 1960	37.3	Appointed	Bishop of Kisii, Kenya
20 Jan 1964	40.9	Appointed	Bishop of Kenya, Military
15 Nov 1969	46.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya
15 Nov 1969	46.7	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Polymartium
24 Oct 1971	48.7	Succeeded	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya
5 Mar 1973	50.0	Elevated to Cardinal
5 Mar 1973	50.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane
21 Apr 1997	74.2	Retired	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya
29 Aug 1997	74.5	Retired	Bishop of Kenya, Military
6 Sep 2003	80.5	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya

MicroData Summary for Maurice Michael Otunga
(VIAF: 23028141; WikiData: Q1250993)
Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga (born 31 Jan 1923, died 6 Sep 2003) Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Consistory - 1973: Created Cardinal
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Chebukwa
Ordained Bishop Petit Seminaire, Kisumu, Diocese of Kisumu
Death Place Nairobi, Archdiocese of Nairobi

a priest for 52.9 years
a bishop for 46.5 years
a cardinal for 30.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop James Robert Knox †
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Frederick Hall, M.H.M. †
Bishop of Kisumu
Archbishop John Joseph McCarthy, C.S.Sp. †
Archbishop of Nairobi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop James Robert Knox † (1953)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Urbanus Joseph Kioko † (1973)
Bishop Silas Silvius Njiru † (1976)
Bishop Colin Cameron Davies, M.H.M. † (1977)
Bishop John Christopher Mahon, S.P.S. † (1978)
Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth (1978)
Archbishop Nicodemus Kirima † (1978)
Bishop Ambrogio Ravasi, I.M.C. † (1981)
Bishop Erkolano Lodu Tombe (1986)
Bishop Joseph Mairura Okemwa (1995)
Bishop Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich (1996)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John James Rudin, M.M. † (1957)
Bishop Joseph Brendan Houlihan, S.P.S. † (1960)
Bishop Joannes de Reeper, M.H.M. † (1964)
Bishop Tiberius Charles Mugendi † (1970)
Archbishop John Joseph Njenga † (1970)
Bishop Philip Sulumeti (1972)
Bishop Amedeus Msarikie † (1986)
Bishop Longinus Atundo † (1987)
Bishop Fortunatus M. Lukanima † (1989)
Bishop Cornelius Kipng’eno Arap Korir † (1990)
Archbishop Boniface Lele † (1996)
Archbishop Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo (1996)

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 172, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 173, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 19
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 80, Deceased Cardinals (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1957, Number 16

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