Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana a'Nzeki

Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana a'Nzeki (25 December 1931 — 30 March 2020) was a Kenyan bishop of the Roman Catholic Church who served as archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi in Kenya. He also served as the bishop of Machakos and Nakuru.

Life Ndingi was born in the Mwala location in then Machakos district in colonial Kenya. He joined Kiserian Seminary after completing his primary school education. Ndingi sat for the Cambridge School Certificate privately and returned excellent results. He was then admitted to St. John Fisher College in New York, USA, where he pursued a BA degree in political science and history. He was ordained as a priest in 1961 and served under Archbishop J. J. McCarthy of the Nairobi diocese. He was ordained as a bishop in 1969 and served in that capacity in the dioceses of Machakos and Nakuru before being appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Nairobi in 1996 as an assistant to Cardinal Maurice Michael Otunga. He succeeded Cardinal Otunga on 21 April 1997 as the Archbishop of Nairobi. He was retired by Pope Benedict XVI on 6 October 2007 after attaining the age of 75 years. He was succeeded by the current Cardinal John Njue who was his assistant in Nakuru. His death was announced by Cardinal John Njue, urging people to "pray for the repose of his soul". President Uhuru Kenyatta eulogized Ndingi as a "truth soldier" and a "loving man".