May Archbishop Kaigama’s pallium strongly call us to pray and to work to fulfil what the Church sings in the ancient hymn “Übi caritas”: ” Whensoever we are gathered as one:/ Lest we in mind be divided, let us beware./ Let cease malicious quarrels, let strife give way/ And in the midst of us be Christ our God!”
21st Sunday Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama, at St. Mary’s Parish, Karu, Abuja, August 23 2020.
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Our opinions about who Jesus is should go beyond mere perceptions to a personal encounter with Him in the Eucharist, prayer, silence, nature and our neighbour
20th Sunday, Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama at St. John the Baptist Parish, Mpape, Abuja, August 16 2020.
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By virtue of our baptism, we all belong to one another as brothers and sisters in Christ, with a faith that welcomes everyone as Jesus does without barriers or discrimination
Homily by Most Rev. I. A. Kaigama, Archbishop of Abuja. At the Priestly Ordination of Reverends John Anaebo, Donald Jooji, Lucky Francis, Mark Ogueli, Anthony Adeh, Samson Emhokidi, and Valentine Nzekah, 15th August 2020
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Today, people are in search of witnessing priests not necessarily eloquent priests
19th Sunday, 9th August 2020, Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama, at St. Matthew’s Church Karmo, Abuja
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If we trust Jesus we will be able to do those things we feel we cannot do alone.
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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