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NEWS / UNCATEGORIZED

December 15, 2022

Inauguration of the newly founded Sacred Heart Spiritual Year Seminary

~ Fr. John Emeka Ilonah Holy Mass to inaugurate the newly founded Sacred Heart Spiritual Year Seminary, Passo, Gwagwalada, for the Archdiocese of Abuja, on...

December 11, 2022

3-day Catholic women prayer summit: Ubangiji yaji kukar jama’arsa ya kwa gan wahalarsu” (The Lord has heard the cry of His people and also seen their sufferings)

Catholic women are dynamic, dedicated and ever ready.

NEWS / SPEECHES/PAPERS

December 11, 2022

A MESSAGE GIVEN AT THE END OF THE 3RD NATIONAL PASTORAL CONGRESS ON THE THEME: TOWARDS A SYNODAL CHURCH: COMMUNION, PARTICIPATION AND MISSION WHICH HELD AT BISHOP KELLY PASTORAL CENTRE, AIRPORT ROAD, BENIN CITY, 8–11 NOVEMBER, 20221

. Preamble The Church in Nigeria represented by the Bishops, the Priests, the Religious, male and female, and the Lay Faithful gathered in the ancient...

HOMILIES / NEWS

December 11, 2022

Rejoicing even in the midst of adversity

Third Sunday of Advent (A), Holy Cross Catholic Church, Kuchigoro (Our Lady of Fatima Pastoral Area, Karmajigi), Abuja, 11th December, 2022.

HOMILIES / NEWS

December 4, 2022

Prepare the Way for the Prince of Peace

Second Sunday of Advent, Year A, St. Ephraim’s Parish, Jikwoyi, Abuja. Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama, 4th December, 2022

PROFILE

Born in the Nigerian State of Taraba on the 31st July, 1958, Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama was ordained a Catholic priest in 1981. In 1995, he became the first Bishop of the Diocese of Jalingo, the capital city of his home State of Taraba. In 2000, he was installed as the Archbishop of Jos, capital of Plateau State and on 11th March 2019, the Holy Father Pope Francis appointed him Coadjutor Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja and he took full possession as Archbishop of Abuja in December 2019. Archbishop Kaigama is the founder of the Dialogue, Reconciliation, and Peace Centre, Jos (2011). He was elected President of the Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (RECOWA) in 2015 and also served as the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) for six years.

He has held positions as Chair of the Plateau State Inter-Religious Council for Peace and Harmony and Chair of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), in Plateau State for years. He was also a member of the Solomon Lar Presidential Committee mandated by the Federal Government to look into the causes of the Plateau ethno-religious crises and to proffer ways of bringing them to an end. He travels all around the world to speak about peace and share his experience of dialogue/interfaith collaboration and peace-building efforts.

His Grace holds a PhD in spiritual theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy and two honourary doctorate degrees in Public Administration and Human Resource Management by Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu (2015) and Madonna University (2016) respectively.

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