Cardinal-Priest of San Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane (1973-2003)
Orders
Ordination
3 October 1950 by Pietro Fumasoni Biondi
Consecration
25 February 1957 by James Robert Knox
Created cardinal
5 March 1973 by Pope Paul VI
Rank
Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Maurice Michael Otunga
January 1923
Chebukwa, Bungoma, Kenya
Died
6 September 2003 (aged 80) Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
Previous post(s)
Titular Bishop of Tacape (1956-60)
Auxiliary Bishop of Kisumu (1956-60)
Bishop of Kisii (1960-69)
Military Vicar of Kenya (1964-86)
Titular Archbishop of Bomarza (1969-71)
Coadjutor of Nairobi (1969-71)
President of the Kenyan Episcopal Conference (1970-76)
Military Ordinary of Kenya (1981-97)
Alma mater
Pontifical Urban University
Motto
Per ipsum et cum ipso et in ipso ("Through Him, with Him, and in Him")
Styles of Maurice Otunga
Reference style
His Eminence
Spoken style
Your Eminence
Informal style
Cardinal
See
Nairobi (Emeritus)
Ordination history of Maurice Michael Otunga
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained by
Pietro Fumasoni Biondi
Date
3 October 1950
Place
Rome, Italy
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator
James Robert Knox
Co-consecrators
Frederick Hall + John Joseph McCarthy
Date
25 February 1957
Place
Kakamega, Kenya
Cardinalate
Elevated by
Pope Paul VI
Date
5 March 1973
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Maurice Michael Otunga as principal consecrator
Urbanus Joseph Kioko
7 October 1973
Silas Silvius Njiru
1 January 1976
Colin Cameron Davies, M.H.M.
27 February 1977
John Christopher Mahon, S.P.S.
25 April 1978
Zacchaeus Okoth
30 April 1978
Nicodemus Kirima
14 May 1978
Ambrogio Ravasi, I.M.C.
18 October 1981
Erkolano Lodu Tombe
28 November 1986
Joseph Mairura Okemwa
21 July 1995
Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich
3 July 1996
Maurice Michael Otunga (January 1923 – 6 September 2003) was a Kenyan Catholic prelate and cardinal. He served as the Archbishop of Nairobi from 1971 until his resignation in 1997.[1][2] Pope Paul VI elevated him into the cardinalate in 1973 as the Cardinal-Priest of San Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane in Rome.
The son of a tribal chief in Kenya, Otunga refused to succeed his father in the traditional position in order to pursue a path to the Catholic priesthood after completing his studies at home and in Rome. He was appointed a bishop in the 1950s and transferred to lead a new diocese.
He later was transferred to Nairobi, from where he participated in the Second Vatican Council.[1][2][3]
Otunga was known for his strong opposition to the use of condoms, most concerned about their being used for contraception. Despite the spread of AIDS and the recommended use of condoms to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, twice in the 1990s Otunga burnt boxes of condoms before the faithful. He said that contraception was in breach of Christian teaching and that it opposed the doctrine of Humanae Vitae issued in 1968. He was also a vocal critic of abortion and was critical of priests who became involved in social and political controversies.[4]
Based on his strong service to the Church, his cause of canonization has commenced. He has been titled as a Servant of God.[1]
^ abc"Cardinal Maurice Michael Otunga". Saints SQPN. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
^ abSalvador Miranda. "Consistory of March 5, 1973 (IV)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
^"Biography". Cardinal Otunga. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
^"The Servant of God, Maurice Cardinal Otunga". Opus Dei. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
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