The novel Coronavirus claims the life of retired Meru Diocese Catholic Bishop Silas Silvius Njiru.
Bishop Njiru succumbed to the virus on Tuesday after diagnosis four days earlier. .
His death was announced by the Secretary General of the Consolata Missionaries who said the retired Bishop passed away while in Italy.
Bishop Njiru served as the Bishop Emeritus of Meru, later appointed auxiliary Bishop of Meru.
Njiru was born in Meru on December 17, 1928, and was ordained as a priest on October 2, 1975.
