Boniface Lele
Boniface Lele | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop Emeritus of Mombasa, Kenya (Deceased) | |
Archbishop Boniface Lele in 2007 | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa |
| See | Mombasa |
| Appointed | 1 April 2005 |
| Installed | 1 April 2005 |
| Term ended | 1 November 2013 |
| Predecessor | John Joseph Njenga |
| Successor | Martin Kivuva Musonde |
| Other post(s) | Bishop of Kitui (2 November 1995 - 1 April 2005) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 8 December 1974 |
| Consecration | 2 February 1996 by Jozef Cardinal Tomko |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Boniface Lele April 14, 1947 Kyangwithya, Diocese of Kitui, Kitui County, Kenya |
| Died | 9 April 2014 (aged 66) Hospital in Mombasa, Kenya |
| Styles of Boniface Lele | |
|---|---|
| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | His Grace |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
Boniface Lele (14 April 1947 – 9 April 2014) was a Roman Catholic prelate in Kenya. He was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa from 2005 until his health-related resignation in 2013. Before that, from 1995 until 2005, he was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kitui, a Suffragan diocese of Mombasa. He died on 9 April 2014 as Archbishop Emeritus of Mombasa, Kenya. He was 66 years, one week shy of his 67th birthday.