Name: Barnabas Ishaku Sama'íla Shabayang (Revd. Fr.)
Present Rank: Senior Lecturer – HoD, Theology
Date of Last Promotion: October 1st 2017
Date of Birth/Place: February 16th 1964, Zonkwa
Tribe: Bajju
Spoken Languages: English, Hausa, Jju, Atyap, Italian
Religion/Denomination: Christianity/Catholic
State of Origin: Kaduna State/Zango Kataf LGA
States of Ministry: Kano and Jigawa States
Diocese of Incardination: Kano
Year of Ordination: November 14th 1992
Blood Group: 0+ (Universal Donor – 0 Positive)
Nationality: Nigerian
Marital Status: Clergy
Present Postal Address: No. 20 Magaji Ma’azu Crescent, Patrick Yakowa Street, Katempe New Extension, Abuja.
Permanent Address: Bishop's House, Box 11115, Nassarawa GRA, Kano.
B. INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED WITH DATES:
SCHOOLS ATTENDED TOWN/CITY YEAR
Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja 2016-2017
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (ANGELICUM) Rome 2009-2012
Catholic Institute of West Africa (CIWA) Port Harcourt 1998-2001
St. Augustine’s Major Seminary Jos 1985-1992
Bassawa Teachers’ College Zaria 1979-1984
Primary School Zonkwa 1972-1979
C. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS WITH DATES:
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS CERTIFICATE OBTAINED YEAR
Certificate in Education Advance Certificate in Education 2017
Doctorate in Sacred Theology SThD (ANGELICUM, ROME 2012
Licentiate in Sacred Theology S. T. L. (CIWA, Port Harcourt 2001
Masters in Theology M. TH. (University of Calabar 2000
Bachelors in Sacred Theology B. S. T (Urbaniana – Rome 1992
Diploma in Religious Studies Theology (University of Ibadan 1990
Teachers’ Grade II Grade II Teachers’ Certificate 1984
Primary School First School Leaving Certificate 1979
TITLE OF CERTIFICATE GRADE OBTAINED YEAR
Advance Certificate in Veritas Education - Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja 2017
Competency Based Adult Learning Mechanisms - Lux Terra/Veritas, Abuja 2015
Doctorate in Sacred Theology Summa cum Laude (First Class) 2012
Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria Certificate of Registration 2006
Licentiate in Sacred Theology Magna cum Laude (2:1) 2001
Masters in Theology Magna cum Laude (2:1) 2000
Bachelors in Sacred Theology Magna cum Laude (2:1) 1992
Diploma in Religious Studies Pass 1990
Teachers’ Grade Pass 1984/1987
First Leaving Certificate Merit 1979
D. CAREER PROGRESSION:
ACADEMIC & PASTORAL RESPONSIBILITIES YEAR
Chairman, Society of Scholars on Ecclesiastical Matters on African Soil 2022-Date
(Pan African Catholicism – CAC Registration Number 174634 – ABUJA)
Member, Board of Trustees: Baba Ahmed University, Kano 2020-Date
Member, NUC: The Review of BMAS for Theology 2020-Date
Member, Veritas University Council Committee of Non-Academic AP&C 2020- Date
Head of Department of Theology, Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja 2021-Date
Chairman, Admission Central Committee, Veritas University, Abuja 2016/2017
Coordinator of General Studies (GES), Veritas University, Abuja 2014-2015
Dean of Students' Affairs - Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja 2015-2017
Dean of Studies – Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Kaduna 2006-2009
Dean of Students’ Affairs – Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Kd. 2002-2006, 2012-2014
Dean of Tudun Wada Deanery – Catholic Diocese of Kano 1996-1998
Parish Priest, St. Louis Bompai, Catholic Diocese of Kano 2000-2002
Parish Priest, Holy Cross Badawa, - Catholic Diocese of Kano 2002(Feb.)-2002 (Sept.)
Parish Priest, Tudun Wada – Catholic Diocese of Kano 1994-1998
Director Religious Education (DRE) - Catholic Diocese of Kano 2000-2002
Diocesan Chaplain of CWO/Zumunta Mata – Catholic Diocese of Kano 1993-1998
Diocesan Chaplain of Block Rosary Crusade – Catholic Diocese of Kano 1993-1998
E. MEMBERSHIP OF LEARNED/PROFESSIONAL SOCIEITIES/GROUPS:
Chairman, Society of Scholars on Ecclesiastical Matters in African Soil 2022 Date
Member, Pan African Catholicism - Research of Scholars on Theological Issues 2022 - Date
Member, Board of Trustees: Baba Ahmed University, Kano 2020 - Date
Chairman: Admission Central Committee of Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja - 2016/2017
Chairman: Students' Affairs Unit of Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja 2014- 2017
Coordinator of GES UNIT - Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja - 2014 - 2015
Member of the Senate Council of Veritas University, Abuja 2014- 2017; 2019-Date
Member of KUKAH CENTRE, Abuja 2012- Date
Member of Veritas Management Council 2015-2017
Member: Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria [Rg no: KD/S/01675] 2006
Member of National Diocesan Catholic Priests Association 1992- Date
Member of St. Augustine's Major Seminary Alumni Association, Jos 1993- Date
Member of St. Thomas Aquinas (ANGELICUM) Alumni Association, Rome 2012- Date
Member of Catholic Theological Association of Nigeria (CATHAN) 1995- Date
G. RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:
(i) Theses:
1. Post Graduate Doctoral Degree in Sacred Theology (STD) – Thesis: 2012 – The Priest as Elder in the Kenotic Service of Reconciliation and Peace in the Teachings of John Paul II and the African Bishops with Application to the Church in Kano – Nigeria. Submitted to the Faculty of Theology, Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (ANGELICUM), Rome, Italy
2. Post Graduate Licentiate in Sacred Theology (STL) – Thesis: 2001 – Development of Theological Education in the Diocese of Kano Through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) – Submitted to the Faculty of Theology, Department of Dogmatic Theology, Catholic Institute of West Africa (CIWA), Port Harcourt, Rivers State – Nigeria
3. Post Graduate Master’s Degree in Sacred Theology (M.TH) – Thesis: 2000 – Doctrinal Education as empowerment: A Theological Enquiry among the Maguzawa People of Kano State. Submitted to the Department of Biblical Theology, Dogmatic Theology Unit, Catholic Institute of West Africa (CIWA), Port Harcourt, Rivers State – Nigeria, – Affiliated to the University of Calabar, Cross Rivers State – Nigeria.
ii. Project:
- Under Graduate Project: (BST) 1992 – Is Innocent Suffering an Unsolved Riddle? A Reflection on Job and related Texts – Submitted to St. Augustine’s Major Seminary, Jos, State – Nigeria – Affiliated to the Pontifical Urban University, Rome.
(ii) Journals Articles written by Revd. Fr. Barnabas Ishaku Sama’ila SHABAYANG – SThD:
- Authority and Servant Leadership: Effective Tool for Service in the Church and Society in Africa, International Journal of Social and Human Research, March 2022 edition, ISSN [Online]: 2644-0695 // ISSN [Print]: 2644-0679
- The Relevance of Theological Education in Forming Religious Leaders of Conscience in Africa, in Nigerian Journal of Religion and Society (JORAS), Vol. 10, June, 2020 A Publication of Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Kaduna, ed. Odafe C. George.
- A Critique and Evaluation of Dikkan Cultic Meal of The Bajju People as Eucharistic Communion, in Nigerian Journal of Religion and Society (JORAS), Vol. 9, June, 2019 A Publication of Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Kaduna, ed. Emmanuel Maigari.
- Politics for the Survival of Ethnic Minorities in Northern Nigeria and Strategies to Enhance Development (185-204), in Veritas Journal of Religious Studies (VEJOREL), Maiden Edition, Vol. 1, No. 1, December, 2018, Eds. Anthony Amadi & Cyril Obanure, Abuja: Opt4hezibah Digital Press Limited.
- Jos Studies - 2018 Edition - "Youth Development in the Culture of Terrorism," - The Christian Discipleship in the 21st Century, Vol. 26, May 2018, ed. Timothy Barga, Owned and published by Academic Staff, St. Augustine's Major Seminary, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, Fab Anieh Nigeria Limited.
- First National Conference organized by the Department of Political Science & Diplomacy, College of Social Sciences, Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja, Participant and Presented of Paper: Ethnic Minorities and Development, 5th - 7th March, 2018.
- African Journal of Contextual Theology - The Holy and the Future of Catholicism in Africa, Vol. 6, June, 2016, Published by the Spiritan International School of Theology, Attakwu-Enugu, Nigeria, The Holy Spirit and the Church in Africa, ed. Bona Ikenna Ugwu, CSSp, Enugu: Real Images, 195-211
- Jos Studies – 2014 Edition – The Explicit Role of the Catholic Priest in the Third Millennium towards Propagation of the Faith in the New Evangelization Church, Vol. 22, June, 2014, Owned and published by Academic Staff, St. Augustine’s Major Seminary, Jos, Plateau State, ed., Timothy Barga, Jos: Fab Anieh Nigeria Limited
- Jos Studies – 2013 Edition – Enhancing the processes of communicating the Christian Creedal Faith in the Year of Faith in the Third Millennium, Vol., 21, June 2013, Owned and published by Academic Staff, St. Augustine’s Major Seminary, Jos, Plateau State, ed., Timothy Barga, Jos: Fab Anieh Nigeria Limited
- Jos Studies – 2012 Edition – New Waves of terrorism in Nigeria not true expression of Islam, Vol., 20, June 2012, Owned and published by Academic Staff, St. Augustine’s Major Seminary, Jos, Plateau State, ed., Timothy Barga, Jos: Fab Anieh Nigeria Limited
- Jos Studies – 2011 Edition – Challenges before Christians in Nigeria after 50 years of Political Independence: Prospects and Problems in Ensuring Effective Evangelization, Vol., 19, June 2010, Owned and published by Academic Staff, St. Augustine’s Major Seminary, Jos. Plateau State, ed., Timothy Barga, Jos: Fab Anieh Nigeria Limited
- Good Shepherd Magazine – Maiden Edition 2005/2006, Tribute to Pope John Paul II: The Saint, Scholar and Crusader, ed., Maigari Emmanuel, Kaduna: Charles Gimba Press
