The Right Reverent Caesar Gatimu (b. 18 May 1921, Limuru, Kenya

Limuru

Limuru is a town in central Kenya. It is also the name of a parliamentary constituency and an administrative division. Current 2004 population is about 4800....

 - d. 20 February 1987, Nyeri, Kenya) was the Roman Catholic Bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

 of Nyeri, Kenya.

Vocation

On 17 March 1947, aged 25, Gatimu was ordained as a priest of the Archdiocese of Nyeri, Kenya.

On 18 April 1961, close to age 40, he was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Nyeri and as Bishop Titular of Abila in Palaestina. The following month he was ordained as the Bishop Titular of Abila in Palaestina. His principal consecrator was Pope John XXIII

Pope John XXIII

-Papal election:Following the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958, Roncalli was elected Pope, to his great surprise. He had even arrived in the Vatican with a return train ticket to Venice. Many had considered Giovanni Battista Montini, Archbishop of Milan, a possible candidate, but, although archbishop...

. On 25 November 1964, aged 43, he was appointed Bishop of Nyeri.

Death

On 20 February 1987, he died at the age of 65, having been a priest for almost 40 years and a bishop for more than twenty years.

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy website - Basic history of Bishop Gatimu