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March 8, 2020

THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) EPIDEMIC

The sudden outbreak of the Coronavirus epidemic can be likened to a raging fire with a very vicious and destructive force or a roaring lion...

HOMILIES / NEWS

March 1, 2020

HOMILY AT THE OPENING MASS OF THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE OF NIGERIA IN ABUJA, 1.3.2020

By Archbishop Ignatius A. Kaigama On behalf of all of us in the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja I have the distinct pleasure and honour...

NEWS / SPEECHES/PAPERS

February 22, 2020

ADDRESS BY THE CHANCELLOR OF VERITAS UNIVERSITY, ABUJA

Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama on the Occasion of the 8th Convocation Ceremony of the University February 22, 2020 I welcome you all in the name...

NEWS

February 21, 2020

FR. RAYMOND HICKEY, OSA, CELEBRATES 60 YEARS OF CATHOLIC PRIESTHOOD

He was Ordained on Friday, 21st February in Rome, 1960. By October of the same year he was sent to the Prefecture of Maiduguri in...

NEWS / SPEECHES/PAPERS

February 15, 2020

EXCERPTS FROM THE OPENING ADDRESS AT THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF RECOWA-CERAO

8TH ORDINARY SESSION,Abidjan, February 12-17, 2020, by Most Rev. Ignatius A. Kaigama, RECOWA President 1. Greetings Gathered for the 8th Ordinary Session of the Standing...

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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