Holy Mass of the Investiture of Papal Knights and Medalists of Abuja Archdiocese on 17th October, 2020, Opening Remarks by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama, at...
28th Sunday Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama, at St. Benedict’s Parish Lokogoma, Abuja.
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In the banquet of life, no one should be excluded on account of colour, race or status.
27th Sunday Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama at St. Martin of Tours Parish Church, Mabushi, Abuja.
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We are warned against spiritual sterility or neutrality and called to become fruit-producing Christians.
Homily by Archbishop Ignatius A. Kaigama at the Inauguration of Catholic Action in Abuja Archdiocese and the Installation of its Executive, at Our Lady Queen...
26th Sunday Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama at the Chaplaincy of Our Lady Queen of Good Health, Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, Abuja.
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No matter how far we have deviated from God, it is never too late to turn back to Him.
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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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