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HOMILIES / NEWS

December 15, 2024

GOD’S GIFT OF JOY

THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT, YEAR C, 15.12.2024, IMMACULATE HEART DABI, FCT. HOMILY BY ARCHBISHOP I. A. KAIGAMA.

HOMILIES / NEWS

December 8, 2024

CHURCH DEDICATION: A CALL TO REDEDICATE OURSELVES TO GOD

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT, YEAR C /DEDICATION OF THE CHURCH OF THE ARCHANGELS, GADUWA, ABUJA, 07.12.2024. HOMILY BY ARCHBISHOP I. A. KAIGAMA.

HOMILIES / NEWS

November 24, 2024

Christ is King: He reigns over all

Solemnity of Jesus Christ the Universal King. Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral, Abuja, 24.11.2024. Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama.

NEWS / SPEECHES/PAPERS

November 16, 2024

Address of the Chancellor (Archbishop Ignatius A.Kaigama), on the Occasion of the 12th Convocation Ceremony of Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu on 16 November 2024

Godfrey Okoye University is indeed God’s own university (as the university anthem underscores).

HOMILIES / NEWS

November 10, 2024

LIVING LIVES OF RADICAL GENEROSITY

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, 2024, St. Peter’s Pastoral Area, Jiwa, Abuja. Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama.

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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Category: NEWS

GOD’S GIFT OF JOY

CHURCH DEDICATION: A CALL TO REDEDICATE OURSELVES TO GOD

Christ is King: He reigns over all

Address of the Chancellor (Archbishop Ignatius A.Kaigama), on the Occasion of the 12th Convocation Ceremony of Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu on 16 November 2024

LIVING LIVES OF RADICAL GENEROSITY

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