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September 11, 2016

CBCN’S 2ND PLENARY MEETING

OPENING ADDRESS OF THE CBCN SECOND PLENARY MEETING IN AKURE, ONDO DIOCESE, BY MOST REV. IGNATIUS A. KAIGAMA, ARCHBISHOP OF JOS AND PRESIDENT, CATHOLIC BISHOPS’...

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September 7, 2016

THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING

AN ADDRESS BY MOST REV. IGNATIUS AYAU KAIGAMA ARCHBISHOP OF JOS AND PRESIDENT CATHOLIC BISHOPS CONFERENCE OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING...

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June 16, 2016

CELEBRATING OKOJIE @ 80

80th BIRTHDAY AND GOLDEN JUBILEE OF THE PRIESTLY ORDINATION OF HIS EMINENCE, ANTHONY CARDINAL OLUBUNMI OKOGIE, THE EMERITUS ARCHBISHOP OF LAGOS. A SPEECH AT THE END...

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May 2, 2016

CATHOLIC BISHOPS MEET PRESIDENT BUHARI

MEETING OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS WITH HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, AT THE ASO VILLA, ABUJA, 2ND MAY, 2016. AN ADDRESS BY MOST REV. IGNATIUS A....

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April 13, 2016

THE IMPACT OF BOKO HARAM ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NIGERIA

THE IMPACT OF BOKO HARAM (ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS EXTREMIST GROUP) ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NIGERIA An address to the Catholic Bishops of Brazil in Aparecida,...

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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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