Ignatius Suharyo | |
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| Cardinal,Archbishop of Jakarta | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Jakarta |
| Appointed | 28 June 2010 |
| Installed | 29 June 2010 |
| Predecessor | Julius Darmaatmadja |
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| Ordination | 26 January 1976 by Justinus Darmojuwono |
| Consecration | 22 August 1997 by Julius Darmaatmadja |
| Created cardinal | 5 October 2019 byPope Francis |
| Rank | Cardinal priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo (1950-07-09)9 July 1950 (age 74) Bantul, Indonesia |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Jakarta |
Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo (born 9 July 1950) is an Indonesianprelate of theCatholic Church. He has beenArchbishop of Jakarta since 2010, after serving asArchbishop of Semarang from 1997 to 2009. He is commonly known as Archbishop Suharyo.[1]
Pope Francis raised him to the rank ofcardinal on 5 October 2019.[2]
Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo was born on 9 July 1950 inSedayu,Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.[1] He is the seventh of ten siblings. His brothers are Yohanes Subagyo & Suitbertus Ari SunardiO.C.S.O. and his sisters are Christina Sri Murni F.M.M. & Maria Magdalena Marganingsih P.M.Y.[3][4] He graduated St. Peter CanisiusMinor seminary in Mertoyudan,Central Java in 1968. He completed his undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Theology atSanata Dharma University,Yogyakarta in 1971 and doctoral degree in biblical studies from thePontifical Urbaniana University, Rome, in 1981.[3]
He was ordained priest of Archdiocese of Semarang on 26 January 1976.[1] He joined the faculty of philosophy in Jakarta from 1981 to 1991 and headed the faculty of philosophy and sociology in Santa Dharma from 1983 to 1993. He was dean on the faculty of theology at Santa Dharma from 1993 to 1997.[3]
Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Semarang on 21 April 1997, and he received his episcopal consecration from CardinalJulius Darmaatmadja on 22 August 1997.[1] He chose as his episcopal mottoServiens Domino cum omni humilitate ("Serving the Lord with all humility") from Acts 20:19.[3] While in that post, he served as secretary general of the Bishops' Conference of Indonesia, and a member of the Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences.[1] He was elected secretary general of the Episcopal Conference of Indonesia in 2000 and vice president of the Conference in 2006.[3] In 2002 he participated in the Synod of Bishops on The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church.[5]
He was also appointed Ordinary of theIndonesian Military Forces Ordinariate on 2 January 2006.[6]
On 25 July 2009,Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Coadjutor Archbishop of Jakarta.[7] He became Archbishop of Jakarta on 28 June 2010, when Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation ofJulius Cardinal Darmaatmadja.[8][9] At Christmas 2012, he protested the roadblocks Indonesian Christian face in getting permission to construct churches on their own property.[3]
On 13 September 2014,Pope Francis named him a member of theCongregation for the Evangelisation People.[10]
He was elected the president of the Episcopal Conference of Indonesia in 2012.[citation needed]
He also attended the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelisation in October 2012 where he advocated for allowing regional bishops' conferences greater authority over translations of the Missal, noting the negative associations attached in Indonesia to the word spirit, which if unmodified indicates an evil spirit.[3] He also notes the appeal of the vernacular in Catholic prayer in contrast to the Arabic used only for prayer by the Muslim majority in Indonesia.[11] He also attended the Synod of Bishops in October 2015.[12]
On 1 September 2019, Pope Francis announced he would make him a cardinal, the third from Indonesia.[13] On 5 October 2019, Pope Francis made himCardinal Priest ofSpirito Santo alla Ferratella.[14] He was made a member of theCongregation for the Evangelization of Peoples on 21 February 2020.[15]
In March 2025, he called on government authorities to release the trans artist Rata Thalisa from prison after she was convicted of blasphemy based on the complaints of Protestant groups after she joked that Jesus would have to cut his hair to conform to modern gender stereotypes. Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo said Christians needed a sense of humor, called for respect for "freedom of expression" and said that "only people who are unable to celebrate diversity feel disturbed" by her humor.[16]
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| Preceded by | Archbishop of Semarang 1997–2009 | Succeeded by |
| Military Ordinary of Indonesia 2006–present | Incumbent | |
| Archbishop of Jakarta 2010–present | ||
| Preceded by | Chair of the Bishops' Conference of Indonesia 2012–2022 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Cardinal Priest of Spirito Santo alla Ferratella 2019–present | Incumbent |
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