Adrianus Djajasepoetra

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Vicar Apostolic of Jakarta and later its Archbishop (1953–1970). Before being a Vicar Apostolic, Mgr. Adrianus was a Rector of St. Ignatius College, Yogyakarta and the 4th Rector of Major Seminary, Kentungan, Yogyakarta (1948-1949).[1]

Life

Jakarta Cathedral

Djajasepoetra was born in

Second World War from 1943 to 1945.[3]

Mgr. Adrianus was appointed Titular Bishop of Trisipa on 23 April 1953 by Pope Pius XII and consecrated by Apostolic Nuncio George-Marie 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.[4]

Styles of
Adrianus Djajasepoetra
Reference style
The Most Reverend
Spoken styleMonsignor

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.[5]

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.[4] Djajasepoetra died at Semarang on 10 July 1979.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Estafet Formatio Seminari Tinggi St. Paulus Yogyakarta". Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  2. ^
    ISBN 9067182605
    .
  3. ISBN 8876528962
    .
  4. ^ a b "Para Uskup KAJ". Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Catholic Hierarchy". Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  6. ^ Steenbrink, p. 542

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Peter Wilekens, SJ.
Vicar Apostolic of Djakarta

1953 – 1961 		Succeeded by
Elevated to Archdiocese
Preceded by — TITULAR —
Bishop of Trisipa
1953 – 1961 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
New Title
Archbishop of Djakarta

1961 – 1970 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
New Title
 — TITULAR —
Archbishop of Volsinium
1970 – 1976 		Succeeded by
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