In Preparation for World Communications Day: Interactive Session with Catholic Media Practitioners, Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja.
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Our entire human family would be impoverished and would be the worst for it if the opinions and information of media practitioners are ignored or misinterpreted.
Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B, Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama at St. Anthony Jabi.
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Jesus is our “life-line,” the only way we can truly find life, to be fruitful, to be happy and to be able to give hope to others.
Fourth Sunday of Easter. Year B. Good Shepherd Sunday. Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama at Holy Ghost Parish, Saburi.
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We are also shepherds who should provide for, suffer and even die for the sheep.
Third Sunday of Easter, Year B. Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama at St. Peter’s Pastoral Area, Jiwa.
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It is only when we talk often about Jesus and with Jesus that He can appear to us and accompany us as He did to the disciples on the road to Emmaus.
Diaconate Ordination, 2nd Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday). Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama at St. Donatus’ Parish, Saukale. Abuja.
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All we are, and have, are by God’s mercy and so we must perform loving deeds and show mercy to others.
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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