Category: NEWS

January 16, 2022

“When Jesus is Involved”

Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C, January 16, 2022, St. Andrew’s Parish, Orozo, Abuja, Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama

NEWS

January 13, 2022

Interfaith symposium on religious harmony

On Thursday, 13th January, 2021, the Embassy of Israel in Nigeria led by the Chargé d’Affaires, Mr. Yotam Kreiman, hosted an interfaith symposium on peaceful coexistence among different religions.

NEWS

January 2, 2022

The Archdiocese to celebrate the World Day for Consecrated Life

Christ the King Parish, Kurudu, Abuja

NEWS / PASTORAL MESSAGES

December 31, 2021

He Makes Everything Beautiful in His Own Time: A New Year

A New Year Message by His Grace, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama, Catholic Archbishop of Abuja. 31 December 2021.

HOMILIES / NEWS

December 25, 2021

An Ideal Family: Reflection on the family of Mary, Joseph and Jesus

Feast of the Holy Family, December 26, 2021, at Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral, 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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