Category: NEWS

November 19, 2023

Providential encounter! The small community of joyful-looking parishioners were found ready

This 33rd Sunday morning, I “caught” a Catholic community at worship. I was in Enugu, but not sure if my flight would arrive Abuja for...

NEWS

November 18, 2023

ADDRESS OF THE CHANCELLOR AND CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF ABUJA, MOST REV. DR. IGNATIUS AYAU KAIGAMA, AT THE 11TH CONVOCATION CEREMONY OF GODFREY OKOYE UNIVERSITY HELD ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2023, AT THE MAIN CAMPUS, UGWUOMU-NIKE, ENUGU.

ADDRESS OF THE CHANCELLOR AND CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF ABUJA, MOST REV. DR. IGNATIUS AYAU KAIGAMA, AT THE 11TH CONVOCATION CEREMONY OF GODFREY OKOYE UNIVERSITY HELD...

NEWS

November 16, 2023

His Grace, Most Rev. Ignatius A. Kaigama, received His Excellency, Mr. Michael Freeman, Ambassador of Israel to Nigeria

The Archbishop of Abuja, His Grace, Most Rev. Ignatius A. Kaigama, received His Excellency, Mr. Michael Freeman, Ambassador of Israel to Nigeria on a courtesy...

HOMILIES / NEWS

November 12, 2023

Watch, be wise, and be ready!

32nd Sunday Year (A), St. Louis Maria de Montfort Pastoral Area, Arab Road, Kubwa, Abuja, 12.11.2023. Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama Readings: Wis. 6:12-16;...

NEWS / PASTORAL MESSAGES

November 11, 2023

A PASTORAL MESSAGE PRESENTED AT THE END OF THE 4TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF ABUJA, NOVEMBER, 2023

A PASTORAL MESSAGE PRESENTED AT THE END OF THE 4TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF ABUJA, HELD AT OUR LADY QUEEN OF NIGERIA...

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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