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February 26, 2023

The Christian Struggle Against the Devil and Sin

FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT (A), OUR LADY QUEEN OF NIGERIA PRO-CATHEDRAL, ABUJA, 26.02.2023. HOMILY BY ARCHBISHOP I.A. KAIGAMA.
Readings: Gen. 2:7-9; 3:1-7, Rom. 5:12-19, Mt. 4:1-11

NEWS

February 22, 2023

The Archbishop made reparations as Lent begins

Ignatius A. Kaigama, celebrated the Holy Mass of Ash Wednesday at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, New Site, Lugbe.

HOMILIES / NEWS

February 19, 2023

Embrace holiness of life in imitation of Christ

Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, St. Augustine’s Parish, Dutse-Sangbagyi. Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama

NEWS / PASTORAL MESSAGES

February 17, 2023

CITIZENS’ PARTICIPATION IN GOOD GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA

A Communiqué issued at the end of the First Plenary Meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) at the CSN Resource Centre, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Durumi, Abuja, 11 to 17 February 2023

HOMILIES / NEWS

February 12, 2023

Christian Participation in Political Life And The Call to Responsible Citizenship

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, Opening Mass, 12th February, 2023. Homily by Most Rev. Ignatius A. Kaigama, Archbishop of Abuja.

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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