Pope Francis Appoints Priest Apostolic Administrator for Kenya’s Military Ordinariate

As Staff Officer, Mon. Njue coordinated operations at the Military Ordinariate secretariat, facilitated planning, implementation, and the monitoring of pastoral programs; he would also oversee recruitment and training of pastoral agents.

The Kenyan Catholic Priest served as Chaplain in various capacities, including at Kenya Navy Headquarters Mtongwe Base (Mombasa), and in the African peacekeeping Mission in Somalia. 

From 2020-2022, he served as a Roman Catholic Staff Administration Officer (SO2) at the office of the Apostolic Administrator of Kenya’s Defence Headquarters.

Mons. Njue becomes the second Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate, which was erected in January 1964 as a vicariate and elevated to an Ordinariate in 1981 to provide pastoral care to Catholics serving in the Kenyan Armed Forces (KDF) and their respective families.

Jude Atemanke is a Cameroonian journalist with a passion for Catholic Church communication. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Buea in Cameroon. Currently, Jude serves as a journalist for ACI Africa.