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Province
  
DCI Djakarta

Nationality
  
Indonesian

Metropolis
  
Term ended
  
21 May 1970

Name
  
Adrianus Djajasepoetra

Ordination
  
August 15, 1928

Predecessor
  
Petrus Wilekens

Died
  
July 10, 1979

Appointed
  
February 18, 1953

Successor
  

Adrianus Djajasepoetra

Consecration
  
23 April 1953by Archbishop Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye, M.E.P

Born
  
12 March 1894Yogyakarta, Dutch East Indies (
1894-03-12
)

Residence
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia

Birth name
  
Adrianus Djajasepoetra

Mgr. Adrianus Djajasepoetra, SJ (Perfected Spelling: Adrianus Jayaseputra; 12 March 1894 – 10 July 1979), was the Vicar Apostolic of Jakarta and later its Archbishop. Before being an Vicar Apostolic, Mgr. Adrianus was a Rector of St. Ignatius College, Yogyakarta and the 4th Rector of Major Seminary, Kentungan, Yogyakarta (1948-1949).

Adrianus Djajasepoetra Mgr Adrianus Djajasepoetra SJ HIRARKI GEREJA

Life

Djajasepoetra was born in Yogyakarta in the Dutch East Indies on the 12 March 1894. He studied theology in the Netherlands in 1919 just five years after the first Indonesian student. Djajasepoetra was known for supporting the Dutch missionaries who had endured much to bring Roman Catholicism to him and Indonesia. Djajasepoetra was possibly the second successful Javanese student to follow this route into the priesthood. He was ordained a priest in the Society of Jesus in 1928. Whilst still a young priest, Adrianus served at the Kota Baru and Pugeran Church in his home town of Yogyakarta. He was imprisoned by the Japanese at the Cipinang prison and Sukamiskin prison during the Second World War from 1943 to 1945.

Mgr. Adrianus was appointed Titular Bishop of Trisipa on 23 April 1953 by Pope Pius XII and consecrated by Apostolic Nuncio De Jonghe D'Ardoye, with co-consecrator Mgr. Albertus Soegijapranata of Semarang and Mgr. Pierre Martin Arntz of Bandung. The most important event that happened in this period is the annexation of Diocese of Bogor to the Apostolic Prefect of Sukabumi and the territory was elevated to the Archdiocese of Djakarta.

The social politic circumstances in Indonesia made a serious impact on his leadership. Mgr. Adrianus strongly opposed the intrigue of the Guided Democracy era. In addition, inside the church there was a dramatic change after the Second Vatican Council that started to redefine the Roman Catholic church. Adrianus was a Council Father at the Second Vatican Council.

Mgr. Adrianus at the age of 76, requested his retirement to the Pope from his position as the Archbishop of Jakarta. He was appointed Titular Archbishop of Volsinium until his retirement on 10 July 1976. After being retired as the Archbishop of Jakarta, Mgr. Adrianus spent the rest of his life in Wisma Emmaus Girisonta, Ungaran. Djajasepoetra died at Semarang on 10 July 1979.

References

Adrianus Djajasepoetra Wikipedia


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