John Njue Mugo

Position: Lecturer

Department: Department of Dogmatic Theology

Specialisation: Trinitarian Ontology, Dogmatic Theology

Email: jmugo@cuea.edu

Rev. Dr. John Njue Mugo is a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Embu in Kenya, ordained on 22nd December 2000. He holds a B.A. in Philosophy (1992) and in Sacred Theology (1997) from the Pontifical Urbaniana University, Rome, a Licentiate in Dogmatic Theology from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome (2005), and a Sacred Doctorate specializing in Trinitarian Ontology from the Sophia University Institute, Loppiano, Florence, Italy (2017). He has spent most of his priestly life as a formator and lecturer in major seminaries in Kenya, and is currently Vice Rector of Blessed Bakanja AMECEA College and a Lecturer in the Department of Dogmatic Theology at CUEA. He serves on the editorial board of Mwangaza, a diocesan magazine for the Diocese of Embu, and is Patron of Blessed Bakanja College's magazine, The Angelus. He presented papers at the 26th Theological Interdisciplinary Session (2024) and chaired the Organizing Committee of the Festschrift Conference in honour of Rev. Dr. Frederick Wanjala (2024).

He is a priest from the Catholic Diocese of Embu in Kenya, ordained on 22nd December 2000. He holds a Licentiate in Sacred Theology with a specialization in Dogmatic Theology from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome (2005), as well as a Sacred Doctorate focusing on Trinitarian Ontology from Sophia University Institute in Loppiano, Florence, Italy (2017). Dr. Njue has dedicated most of his priestly career to formation and lecturing at major seminaries in Kenya. Currently, he serves as the Vice Rector of Blessed Bakanja AMECEA College and as a Lecturer in the Department of Dogmatic Theology at CUEA.

Research interests: Ecclesiology; Holy Trinity; Priestly Formation; Ecumenism; Interreligious Dialogue

Education: Sacred Doctorate - Trinitarian Ontology; Licentiate in Sacred Theology - Dogmatic Theology; BA in Sacred Theology; Pontifical Urbaniana University, Rome (1997); Pontifical Urbaniana University, Rome (1992); Vice Rector - Blessed Bakanja AMECEA College, CUEA; Lecturer - Department of Dogmatic Theology, CUEA; Editorial Board Member - "Mwangaza" Diocesan Magazine, Diocese of Embu; Patron - "The Angelus" Blessed Bakanja College Magazine; Synodality in the Magisterial Teaching of Vatican II and its Reception in Africa. Researches and Documents No. 10, Opus Mariae (Focolare) Nairobi Centre of Inculturation, May 2024; Forming Future Priests for Ministry as Service. The Angelus, Silver Jubilee Edition, Bakanja Journalism Club, October 2023; Laying the Ground for Theology of Inculturation in the Major Seminaries within the AMECEA Region. 26th Theological Interdisciplinary Session, CUEA, March 6-8, 2024; Creating and Reawakening Interest in African Cultural Values in the Students of Theology in the Context of a Changing World. Theological "Festschrift" Conference, CUEA, April 30, 2024 (Chair of Organizing Committee)

Mugo, J. N. (2024). Synodality in the Magisterial Teaching of Vatican II and its Reception in Africa. Researches and Documents No. 10.

Mugo, J. N. (2024). Laying the Ground for Theology of Inculturation in the Major Seminaries within the AMECEA Region. CUEA Faculty of Theology.

Mugo, J. N. (2024). Creating and Reawakening Interest in African Cultural Values in the Students of Theology. CUEA Department of Dogmatic Theology.

Mugo, J. N. (2023). Forming Future Priests for Ministry as Service. The Angelus.