Background
Kirima, Nicodemus was born on March 3, 1938 in Karatina, Nyeri, Kenya. Son of Zebedee and Bilhah (Wanjira) Kariithi.
Kirima, Nicodemus was born on March 3, 1938 in Karatina, Nyeri, Kenya. Son of Zebedee and Bilhah (Wanjira) Kariithi.
Bachelor in Sociology, St. John Fisher College, 1968. Master of Arts in Education, University Rochester, 1970.
Assistant parish priest, Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya, 1962-1964; headmaster secondary school, Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya, 1964-1966; parish priest, Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya, 1970; theology faculty lecturer, assistant principal, Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya, 1971-1974; principal, St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary, Nairobi, 1974-1978; bishop, Diocese of Mombasa, Kenya, 1978-1988; archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya, since 1988. Chairman Kenya Bishops Conference, 1988-1990, Eastern Africa Bishops Conference, since 1989.
Governor's board member Kenya Institute Education, Nairobi, 1980-1988. Member Catholic University Council, 1989, Kenyatta University Council, 1993. Member United Nairobi Club.