Address of Archbishop Ignatius A. Kaigama, President of Reunion of the Episcopal Conferences of West Africa (RECOWA) at the Opening Ceremony of the Fourth Plenary Assembly of the Conference, 3rd May, 2022, held at the ECOWAS Parliament, Abuja, Nigeria.
3rd Sunday of Easter, Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Mugadishu Cantonment, Asokoro, Abuja, 1st May, 2022. Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama
The Archbishop of Abuja, Most Rev. Ignatius A. Kaigama, was pleased to commission the Radio Maria station on Saturday, 30th April, 2022
In Nigeria, when we say an iroko tree has fallen, we refer to the death of a personality that resembles the iroko tree that is precious, tall and solid. Sr. Finbarr was all these.
May the soul of Fr. Fives continue to rest in perfect peace. Amen.
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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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