Background
Djajasepoetra was born in Yogyakarta in the Dutch East Indies on the 12 March 1894.
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.
Manager Before being an Vicar Apostolic, Manager Adrianus was a Rector of Saint Ignatius College, Yogyakarta and the 4th Rector of Major Seminary, Kentungan, Yogyakarta (1948-1949). Djajasepoetra was possibly the second successful Javanese student to follow this route into the priesthood.
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. Manager Adrianus was appointed Titular Bishop of Trisipa on 23 April 1953 by Pope Pius XII and consecrated by Apostolic Nuncio De Jonghe Doctorate"Ardoye, with co-consecrator Manager
Albertus Soegijapranata of Semarang and Manager 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. Manager Adrianus strongly opposed the intrigue of the Guided Democracy era. Adrianus was a Council Father at the Second Vatican Council.
Manager
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, Manager
Adrianus spent the rest of his life in Wisma Emmaus Girisonta, Ungaran.
Djajasepoetra died at Semarang on 10 July 1979.