His Grace, Most Rev. Dr Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, was born in Kona, Taraba, on 31 July 1958. Pope John Paul II appointed him bishop of the newly established Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalingo on 3 February 1995. On 11 March 2019, Pope Francis named him as the Coadjutor Archbishop of Abuja and on 5 December 2019, he became the substantive Archbishop of Abuja Archdiocese to succeed John Cardinal Onaiyekan.