His Grace Archbishop Emeritus Raphael Ndingi Mwana a'Nzeki has died.
His Eminence John Cardinal Njue announced the passing of the Archbishop on Tuesday.
Nzeki died on Monday night.
"Let us pray for the repose of his soul," Njue said via a Facebook post.
Nzeki, who was born December 25, 1931, in Mwala Machakos, is a retired Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi in Kenya.
Ndingi joined Kiserian Seminary after completing his primary school education.
He was ordained as a priest in 1961 where he served under then-Archbishop JJ McCarthy of the Nairobi Diocese.
He was ordained as a bishop in 1969 and served in that capacity in the dioceses of Machakos and Nakuru before being appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Nairobi in 1996 as an assistant to then-Cardinal Maurice Michael Otunga.
He succeeded Cardinal Otunga on April 21, 1997, as the Archbishop of Nairobi.
He was retired by Pope Benedict XVI on October 6, 2007, after attaining the age of 75 years.
He was succeeded by the current Cardinal John Njue who was his assistant in Nakuru.
