Author: ARCH BISHOP

July 31, 2020

Interactive session of Archbishop Ignatius A. Kaigama with the Media

30th July, 2020, Abuja Gentlemen of the Press. I welcome you all to this interactive session, my first since I became the substantive Catholic Archbishop...

HOMILIES / NEWS

July 26, 2020

Wisdom for Leadership

Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama, at St. Agnes Parish Wuye, Abuja, 17th Sunday, July 26, 2020.
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Wisdom from above is acquired when we are connected to God through prayer and always being in His presence.

HOMILIES / NEWS

July 19, 2020

Homily, 16th Sunday

by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama, 19th July 2020, St. Martin’s Parish Church, Lugbe. Readings: Wisdom 12:13, 16-19; Romans 8:26-27; Matthew 13:24-43 From St. Paul’s letter...

July 13, 2020

Courtesy visit of DG National Agency to Archbishop Kaigama

Dame Julie Okah-Donli, Director General of National Agency for the Prohibition of Tracfficking in Persons (NAPTIP), with her team of collaborators, paid a courtesy visit...

HOMILIES / NEWS

July 12, 2020

Homily, 15th Sunday

by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama, 12th July 2020, Mass of Investiture for Knights of St. Mulumba (KSM), at Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral, Ab...

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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