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HOMILIES / NEWS

May 29, 2022

56th World Communications Sunday: The value of active listening

7th Sunday of Easter, Year C (World Communications Day), Mater Dei Parish, Gwagwalada, Abuja, 29th May 2022. Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama

May 24, 2022

Courtesy visit of the Ambassador of Ireland to Nigeria, Her Excellency, Ms. Sile Maguire

On Tuesday, May 24, 2022, the Archbishop of Abuja, His Grace, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, took the pleasure to receive in the audience the distinguished...

HOMILIES / NEWS

May 22, 2022

My Peace I give to you, the type that the world cannot give

6th Sunday of Easter, Year C, 22.05.2022, St Peter’s Catholic Church, Nukkai, Jalingo Diocese, Taraba State. Homily by Most Rev. Ignatius A. Kaigama, Archbishop of Abuja

HOMILIES / NEWS

May 21, 2022

Christian marriage is about inviting Jesus to be part of a union

HOLY MATRIMONY OF KENNETH ANTHONY KAIGAMA AND JULIET IGNATIUS JELLA AT OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION PARISH, KONA, TARABA STATE, 21ST MAY, 2022. HOMILY BY MOST REV. IGNATIUS A. KAIGAMA, ARCHBISHOP OF ABUJA.

HOMILIES / NEWS

May 15, 2022

The Mission of Love

Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year C, May 15, 2022, St. Louis Pastoral Area, EFAB Global Estate, Mbora, Abuja. Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama

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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