Category: PASTORAL MESSAGES

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December 24, 2024

A Season of Hope and Renewal

2024 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE BY HIS GRACE, ARCHBISHOP IGNATIUS A. KAIGAMA, CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF ABUJA NIGERIA.

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August 25, 2024

A CALL FOR PRAYER AND ACTION: TOWARDS REPENTANCE AND SPIRITUAL RENEWAL

A Communiqué issued at the end of the Second Plenary Meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) in Auchi Diocese, Edo State at the Nezer Towers and Suites, Afowa/Afasho-Uzairue, 22 – 30 August.

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June 26, 2024

Pastoral Statement of the Catholic Bishops of Abuja Ecclesiastical Province at St William’s Cathedral, Lafia, Nasarawa State on 26th June, 2024

We encourage politicians to return to the grass root so as to identify with the plight of the electorate.

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March 30, 2024

Finding Hope Amidst Adversity: Easter Message 2024, by Most Rev. Ignatius A. Kaigama, Catholic Archbishop of Abuja.

Beyond its religious connotations, Easter embodies a universal message of sacrificial love, forgiveness and reconciliation. It reminds us of the transformative power of faith and the enduring grace of God amidst human weaknesses.

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February 22, 2024

JOURNEYING TOGETHER FOR THE COMMON GOOD IN THE CHURCH AND OUR NATION

A Communiqué issued at the end of the First Plenary Meeting of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) at the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria Resource Centre, Durumi, Abuja, 16 to 22 February, 2024

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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Category: PASTORAL MESSAGES

A Season of Hope and Renewal

A CALL FOR PRAYER AND ACTION: TOWARDS REPENTANCE AND SPIRITUAL RENEWAL

Pastoral Statement of the Catholic Bishops of Abuja Ecclesiastical Province at St William’s Cathedral, Lafia, Nasarawa State on 26th June, 2024

Finding Hope Amidst Adversity: Easter Message 2024, by Most Rev. Ignatius A. Kaigama, Catholic Archbishop of Abuja.

JOURNEYING TOGETHER FOR THE COMMON GOOD IN THE CHURCH AND OUR NATION

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