# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/silas-silvius-njiru
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:06:40.652Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/silas-silvius-njiru"
name: "Silas Silvius Njiru"
slug: "silas-silvius-njiru"
description: "Silas Silvius Njiru was a Kenyan Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Meru from 1976 until his age-related retirement in 2004. Before that, from 1975 until 1976, he was an Auxiliary Bishop of Meru Diocese, deputizing Bishop Lorenzo Bessone who died in 1976. Bishop Emeritus Njiru died on 28 April 2020 in Rivoli, Italy from complications of COVID-19. He was 91 years old."
tagline: "Kenyan catholic bishop (1928–2020)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1928-10-10"
deathDate: "2020-04-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump