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August 13, 2025

PASTORAL SOLIDARITY MEETINGS AND SPIRITUAL EXERCISES IN CZECH REPUBLIC

PASTORAL SOLIDARITY MEETINGS AND SPIRITUAL EXERCISES IN CZECH REPUBLIC From the 7th to the 13th of August, 2025, I was invited by Most Rev. Tomás...

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August 11, 2024

Transparency and Accountability in the Catholic Church: a Practical Journey

An international workshop on “Transparency and Accountability in the Catholic Church: a Practical Journey,” was organized by Markets, Culture and Ethics Research Centre of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, 17th to 21st June, 2024

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November 3, 2023

Visit by the Ambassador of Hungary to Nigeria, His Excellency, Lorand Endreffy to His Grace, Ignatius Kaigama

On Friday, 3rd November, 2023, the Ambassador of Hungary in Nigeria, His Excellency, Lorand Endreffy accompanied by the Hon. Consul General of Hungary, Endre Deri,...

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April 16, 2023

God of Everlasting Mercy

Divine Mercy Sunday (2nd Sunday of Easter), 16th April, 2023. Mass at Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral, Abuja. Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama

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December 17, 2022

God will visit His people

4th Sunday of Advent (A), St. Pope John Paul II Parish, Karsana, Kubwa, Abuja, 17.12.2022.
Homily by Archbishop Ignatius A. Kaigama

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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