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April 8, 2016

Archbishop Kaigama Celebrates Christmas Party with over 700 Children in Jos.

The 2015 annual special party organized for children by Archbishop Kaigama on his compound, was as usual attended by over 700 children in Jenta Adamu,...

DIALOGUE, RECONCILIATION AND PEACE (DREP) CENTRE / UNCATEGORIZED

March 10, 2016

ROUND TABLE WITH BEROM AND FULANI COMMUNITY LEADERS

The dialogue and consultative meeting had in attendance, the Da Gwom Rwei of Barkin Ladi, representatives of the Da Gwom Rwei of Riyom, State leadership...

PASTORAL MESSAGES / UNCATEGORIZED

February 29, 2016

SECOND PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF RECOWA-CERAO

PASTORAL MESSAGE AT THE END OF THE SECOND PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF THE REGIONAL EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE OF WEST AFRICA (RECOWA-CERAO) 0. Greeting and Introduction: Dearly beloved...

Buhari’s body language shows readiness for positive change – Kaigama

NEWS / PAGES / UNCATEGORIZED

February 22, 2016

Buhari’s body language shows readiness for positive change – Kaigama

The Catholic Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s body language so far shows that he is ready for the positive change Nigeria...

PASTORAL MESSAGES / UNCATEGORIZED

February 19, 2016

FIRST PLENARY MEETING OF CBCN 2016

A Communiqué at the End of the First Plenary Meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) at the Daughters of Divine Love Retreat...

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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