Category: UNCATEGORIZED

October 30, 2015

FRENCH AMBASSADOR MEETS ARCHBISHOP KAIGAMA

The French Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Denys Gauer said that Nigeria must work hard to improve its international image to gain recognition and acceptance from...

NEWS / UNCATEGORIZED

October 23, 2015

MEETING WITH HUNGARIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER

The President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Jos, played host to the Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister at the Pope...

PASTORAL MESSAGES / UNCATEGORIZED

August 29, 2015

13TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY: PASTORAL MESSAGE

A PASTORAL MESSAGE PRESENTED AT THE END OF THE 13TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF JOS, HELD AT THE SACRED HEART PASTORAL CENTRE,...

HOMILIES / UNCATEGORIZED

July 19, 2015

TRY TO BE TRUE DISCIPLES

Sermon by Archbishop Kaigama in South Africa, at St. Charles Church, Victory Park, Johannesburg, 16th Sunday, 19th July, 2015 This is my first visit to...

DIALOGUE, RECONCILIATION AND PEACE (DREP) CENTRE / UNCATEGORIZED

January 22, 2015

PEACE DECLARATION

See attachment PEACE DECLARATION REACHED AT A MEETING OF RELIGIOUSCOMMUNITY LEADERS WITH YOUTHS AND SECURITY AGENCIES HELD AT THE DIALOGUE, RECONCILIATION AND PEACE CENTRE JOS...

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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