Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama

Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Jul 1958		Born
6 Jun 1981	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Yola, Nigeria
3 Feb 1995	36.5	Appointed	Bishop of Jalingo, Nigeria
23 Apr 1995	36.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jalingo, Nigeria
14 Apr 2000	41.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Jos, Nigeria
11 Mar 2019	60.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
11 Mar 2019	60.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Jos, Nigeria
9 Nov 2019	61.2	Succeeded	Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
31 Mar 2020	61.6	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Jos, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Ignatius Ayau Kaigama
Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama
(born 31 Jul 1958)
Archbishop of Abuja

Ad Limina - February 2009: Bishop
Ad Limina - April 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Kona, Prefecture Apostolic of Yola
Ordained Bishop Jalingo, Diocese of Jalingo

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Abuja.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A. †
Bishop of Yola
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gregory Obinna Ochiagha †
Bishop of Orlu
Bishop Athanasius Atule Usuh †
Bishop of Makurdi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A. † (1971)
Bishop of Yola
Archbishop Amelio Poggi † (1967)
Titular Archbishop of Cercina
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Charles Michael Hammawa (2008)
Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme (2009)
Bishop Philip Davou Dung (2017)
Bishop Hilary Nanman Dachelem, C.M.F. (2017)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Francis Moore, S.M.A. † (1996)
Bishop James Naanman Daman, O.S.A. † (2001)
Bishop George Jonathan Dodo † (2001)
Bishop Martin Dada Abejide Olorunmolu (2006)
Bishop Anthony Ademu Adaji, M.S.P.N. (2007)
Peter Ebere Cardinal Okpaleke (2013)
Bishop Michael Gobal Gokum (2014)
Bishop Julius Yakubu Kundi (2020)
Bishop David Ajang (2021)
Bishop Isaac Bundepuun Dugu (2022)
Bishop Mark Maigida Nzukwein (2023)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 7148703993236930784
WikiData: Q1657338

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 142, Number 12,544
ab: Bollettino, 11 Mar 2019
aadm: CB, 20 Mar 2019
s: Bollettino, 9 Nov 2019

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