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August 7, 2018

16TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY…

OPENING SPEECH BY THE MOST REV. IGNATIUS A. KAIGAMA, ARCHBISHOP OF JOS, 7TH AUGUST, 2018. Protocols. INTRODUCTION: The theme for our 16th General Assembly is:...

DIALOGUE, RECONCILIATION AND PEACE (DREP) CENTRE / SPEECHES/PAPERS

July 26, 2018

OPENING SPEECH @ DREP ROUND TABLE MEETING

MEETING OF ETHNIC, RELIGIOUS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ON THE RECENT CRISIS SITUATION IN PARTS OF PLATEAU STATE AT THE DIALOGUE RECONCILIATION AND PEACE (DREP) CENTRE,...

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April 16, 2018

RECOWA PEACE COMMITTEE INAUGURATION

The RECOWA Peace Committee was inaugurated in Abuja, Nigeria, at the Catholic Resource Centre on the 12th April, 2018 by the President of RECOWA Most...

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February 19, 2018

CBCN FIRST PLENARY 2018: OPENING ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT

CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE OF NIGERIA, FIRST PLENARY MEETING, OPENING ADDRESS, ABUJA, 19th FEBRUARY, 2018, BY MOST REV. IGNATIUS A. KAIGAMA, ARCHBISHOP OF JOS AND PRESIDENT...

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February 14, 2018

5TH CONVOCATION OF GODFREY OKOYE UNIVERSITY ENUGU 10.02.2018

Address of the Chancellor, Archbishop Ignatius A.Kaigama, on the Occasion of the 5thConvocation of Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, 10th February, 2018. Protocol: This is the day the Lord has made, we rejoice and are glad in it! (Ps 118:24). I bring you greetings from the Archdiocese ofJos and from the good people of Plateau State. Godfrey Okoye University...

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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