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Mgr. Leo Soekoto, SJ (born in Jali, Gayamharjo, Prambanan, Sleman, October 23, 1920 - December 30, 1995) was Bishop General London from August 15, 1970 to his death. He was appointed priest on August 22, 1953 at the age of 32 years. Soekoto was Archbishop of Jakarta. Soekoto died on Saturday, December 30, 1995 in RS St. Elisabeth, Semarang from cancer of the spinal cord, and was buried in the cemetery complex area Girisonta Retreat House, Yogyakarta. == Biography == Soekoto was the second of three sons of village headman Gayamharjo, Wongsosentono and Soeratinah. After finishing school he entered the Seminary Medium on the Road Code (now Jalan Abubakar Ali) Yogyakarta for six years. After graduating he entered the Society of Jesus (SJ). He started studying philosophy there, during the Second World War, and entered the Society of Jesus in Girisonta on 7 September 1945. In 1950 he was accepted as a theology student at Maastricht, Netherlands. He studied for four years nad was ordained a priest there, on August 22, 1953, followed by his final year of theology studies and future third-year novitiate. He returned to Indonesia in 1958. In 1960 he was appointed professor of moral theology and canon law at Major Seminary of St. Paul Yogyakarta. In 1962 he was appointed Rector Seminary Yogyakarta, which is now called Institute of Philosophy-Theology. 15 November 1966 summoned to Jakarta to assist the Archbishop of Jakarta, Adrianus Djajasepoetra, as the Secretary of the archdiocese. Date 25 November 1967 was appointed Vicar General archdiocese Block B concurrently parish priest Kebayoran Baru. On August 15, 1970 Soekoto was ordained Archbishop of Jakarta by Justin Cardinal Darmojoewono in Senayan Jakarta. In the same year, Soekoto was elected Secretary Supreme Council of the Indonesian Bishops (MAWI). The Pope appointed him Apostolic Administrator ad Nutum Sanctae sedis for Diocese of Bogor until October 23, 1994, when the new Bishop of Bogor, Michael Angkur was ordained. Soekoto retired as archbishop of Jakarta on 10 November 1995, and moved to Girisonta Central Java. On December 30, 1995, he died at the age of 75 years, after leading the archdiocese for 25 years. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leo Soekoto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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