Author: ARCH BISHOP

HOMILIES / NEWS

April 14, 2022

Three symbolisms during priestly ordination

Chrism Mass at Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral, Abuja, 12th April, 2022. Homily by Most Rev. Ignatius A. Kaigama, Archbishop of Abuja

HOMILIES / NEWS

April 10, 2022

Victory Through Suffering

Palm Sunday, Year C, April 10, 2022, St. Michael’s Parish, Piwoyi, Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama Readings: Is. 50: 4-7; Ps. 21(22): 8-9, 17-20,...

HOMILIES / NEWS

April 3, 2022

Behold I am doing a new thing

Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year C, Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama, Abuja, April 3, 2022.
Readings: Is. 43: 16-21; Ps. 125(126); Phil. 3: 8-14; Jn. 8: 1-11

HOMILIES / NEWS

March 27, 2022

Parable of the Prodigal So: What are the lessons for us today?

Laetare (Rejoice)

Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year C, at Our Lady Help of Christians, Dagba Outstation, Garki, Abuja, March 27, 2022. Homily by archbishop I. A. Kaigama.

March 24, 2022

REST IN PERFECT PEACE FR. COLIN FIVES, OSA

A down-to-earth missionary who devoted so much time and energy to grassroots/primary evangelization.

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.

To read more, go to PROFILE