Category: NEWS

January 28, 2019

WORLD YOUTH DAY CATECHESIS BY ARCHBISHOP I.A KAIGAMA

Panama 2019 World Youth Day Catechesis by Archbishop Ignatius A. Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos Nigeria, to a group of youths at the Church of Our...

NEWS

January 16, 2019

IMPROVING INTER-ETHNIC RELATIONS: THE TIV-JUKUN EXPERIENCE

In view of the collective efforts to sustain a more cordial relationship between the Tiv and the Jukun ethic groups, Fr. James Bature ( a...

DIALOGUE, RECONCILIATION AND PEACE (DREP) CENTRE / NEWS

January 12, 2019

SIGNING OF THE “PLATEAU PEACE COMMITMENT”

Opening Remarks By Archbishop Ignatius A. Kaigama at the Interactive Session with Plateau State Governorship Candidates for the 2019 Elections, at DREP Centre, Kwang, Jos, ...

NEWS

January 8, 2019

A MEMORABLE EPIPHANY

A very big and excited crowd assembled in Ganawuri, Riyom Local Government of Plateau State on Epiphany Sunday 2019 to witness the birth of a...

NEWS / PASTORAL MESSAGES

January 1, 2019

NEW YEAR WISHES

I wish to see a New Year free of violence, conflict, religious fundamentalism, ethnic tension, political bitterness and rancour. I wish to see priority by...

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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