Maurice Michael Otunga, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Catholic cardinal.
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Place of Birth: Bungoma County, Western Province, Kenya
About Maurice Michael Otunga
- Maurice Michael Otunga (January 1923 – 6 September 2003) was a Kenyan Roman Catholic prelate and cardinal who served as the Archbishop of Nairobi from 1971 until his resignation in 1997.
- Pope Paul VI elevated him into the cardinalate in 1973 as the Cardinal-Priest of San Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane.
- Otunga was the son of a tribal chief and denied taking his father's place so as to pursue a path to the priesthood after completing his studies at home and in Rome.
- He was made a bishop in the 1950s and then transferred to a new diocese at its head; he later was transferred to Nairobi and was a participant in the Second Vatican Council.Otunga was known for his vehement opposition to the use of condoms and twice in the 1990s burnt boxes of condoms before the faithful.
- He explained that contraception was in breach of Christian teaching and that it was in opposition to Humanae Vitae issued in 1968.
- He was also a vocal critic of abortion and was critical of priests who involved themselves in social and political controversies.His cause of canonization has commenced and he has been titled as a Servant of God.
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