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HOMILIES / NEWS

December 5, 2021

“Prepare a way for the Lord…”

Second Sunday of Advent, Year C, December 5, 2021, St. Charles Lwanga Parish Church Dedication, Apo, Abuja. Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama

NEWS / SPEECHES/PAPERS

December 5, 2021

PEACE, BE STILL

Message by Most Rev. Ignatius A. Kaigama, Catholic Archbishop of Abuja at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols organized jointly by Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and Voice of Nigeria (VON), at the National Christian Centre, 5th December, 2021.

December 2, 2021

Received the Primate of All Nigeria

On Monday, December 6, 2021, the Archbishop had the pleasure of receiving the Most Reverend Henry C. Ndukuba, Anglican

December 2, 2021

A courtesy visit of the Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of Israel in Abuja

They discussed matters centered on peace building and religious coexistence.

December 2, 2021

Christmas visit to the internally displaced persons in Yimitu community in the periphery of Abuja city

Gifts were distributed by the Archbishop, the JDPC and UFUK Dialogue, thanks to the support and generosity of well meaning individuals and groups

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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