Adrianus Djajasepoetra

Mgr.
Adrianus Djajasepoetra
SJ
Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Djakarta
Province DCI Djakarta
Metropolis Djakarta
Appointed 18 February 1953
Term ended 21 May 1970
Predecessor Petrus Wilekens
Successor Leo Soekoto
Orders
Ordination 15 August 1928
Consecration 23 April 1953
by Archbishop Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye, M.E.P
Personal details
Birth name Adrianus Djajasepoetra
Born (1894-03-12)12 March 1894
Yogyakarta, Dutch East Indies
Died 10 July 1979(1979-07-10) (aged 85)
Semarang
Nationality Indonesian
Denomination Roman Catholic
Residence Archdiocese of Djakarta
Previous post Rector of St. Ignatius College, Yogyakarta

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).[1]

Life

Jakarta Cathedral

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.[2] 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.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4]

Styles of
Adrianus Djajasepoetra
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Monsignor

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 2013-09-07.
  2. 1 2 Steenbrink, Karel (2007). The spectacular growth of a self confident minority, 1903 - 1942. Leiden: KITLV Press. p. 383. ISBN 9067182605.
  3. Subanar, Gregorius Budi (2001). The local church in the light of magisterium teaching on mission : a case in point ; the Archdiocese of Semarang, Indonesia, 1940-1981. Roma: Pontificia università gregoriana. p. 331. ISBN 8876528962.
  4. 1 2 "Para Uskup KAJ". Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  5. "Catholic Hierarchy". Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  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
Joannes Walter Panis, M.S.C.
 TITULAR 
Bishop of Trisipa
1953  1961
Succeeded by
Michael Joseph Green
Preceded by
New Title
Archbishop of Djakarta
1961 – 1970
Succeeded by
Leo Soekoto
Preceded by
New Title
 TITULAR 
Archbishop of Volsinium
1970  1976
Succeeded by
Nicolas Eugene Walsh
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