Category: PASTORAL MESSAGES

August 19, 2017

CBCN ON THE STATE OF THE NATION: ENOUGH OF THIS DRUM BEAT OF WAR!

Enough of this Drum Beat of War! Statement of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) on the State of the Nation. Since the return of democracy in...

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June 9, 2017

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS, POPE FRANCIS TO THE DIOCESE OF AHIARA

Yesterday the Holy Father received a Delegation of the Diocese of Ahiara, Nigeria, in a private audience, which has been living a painful situation for...

PASTORAL MESSAGES

April 7, 2017

MESSAGE OF RECOWA/CERAO TO H. E. ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF

MESSAGE OF RECOWA/CERAO TO H. E. ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA AND CHAIRPERSON OF THE AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATES AND...

PASTORAL MESSAGES

March 3, 2017

LENTEN MESSAGE FOR 2017: FROM RENEWED INTERIOR LIFE TO LOVING BEYOND BORDERS

LENTEN MESSAGE FOR 2017: FROM RENEWED INTERIOR LIFE TO LOVING BEYOND BORDERS Most Rev. Ignatius A. Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos. The period of Lent provides...

PASTORAL MESSAGES

November 7, 2016

PRACTICAL GUIDELINES FOR MARRIAGE AND FUNERAL PREPARATIONS AND CEREMONIES

See attachment PRACTICAL GUIDELINES FOR MARRIAGE AND FUNERAL PREPARATION AND CEREMONIES IN JOS ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE

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

CBCN ON THE STATE OF THE NATION: ENOUGH OF THIS DRUM BEAT OF WAR!

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS, POPE FRANCIS TO THE DIOCESE OF AHIARA

MESSAGE OF RECOWA/CERAO TO H. E. ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF

LENTEN MESSAGE FOR 2017: FROM RENEWED INTERIOR LIFE TO LOVING BEYOND BORDERS

PRACTICAL GUIDELINES FOR MARRIAGE AND FUNERAL PREPARATIONS AND CEREMONIES

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