Julius Darmaatmadja was made a cardinal in 1994, becoming the second Indonesian to be a cardinal.
13 Facts About Julius Darmaatmadja
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Julius Darmaatmadja served as the archbishop of Semarang from 1983 to 1996 and archbishop of Jakarta from 1996 to 2010.
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Julius Darmaatmadja studied philosophy from 1961 to 1964 at De Nobili College, Pontifical Athenaeum, Pune, Maharashtra and theology from 1966 to 1970 at Saint Ignatius College, Yogyakarta.
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Julius Darmaatmadja was ordained priest on 18 December 1969 by Cardinal Justinus Darmojuwono.
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Julius Darmaatmadja was then assigned as parish priest in the Archdiocese of Semarang from 1971 to 1973, in Indonesian Province of the Society of Jesus from 1973 to 1978, and then as Rector of Saint Peter Canisius minor seminary from 1978 to 1981.
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Julius Darmaatmadja served as Provincial of the Indonesian Province of the Society of Jesus from 1981 to 1983.
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Julius Darmaatmadja was created Cardinal-Priest of titular see of S Cuore di Maria by Pope John Paul II on 26 November 1994 consistory, and became the second Indonesian cardinal after Cardinal Darmojuwono, who died earlier that year.
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Julius Darmaatmadja was elected President of National Bishops' Conference of Indonesia from 1988 to 1997 and again from 2001 to 2006.
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Julius Darmaatmadja submitted his resignation upon reaching mandatory retirement age of 75 and Pope Benedict XVI accepted his retirement on 28 June 2010.
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Julius Darmaatmadja was automatically succeeded as Archbishop of Jakarta by the Coadjutor Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo.
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Julius Darmaatmadja participated as an elector in the 2005 papal conclave, which elected Pope Benedict XVI.
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Julius Darmaatmadja ceased to be qualify as a cardinal elector following his 80th birthday 20 December 2014.
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Julius Darmaatmadja has rejected the identification of Islam with terrorism, called upon Christians to forgive Islamic radicals behind church bombings in 2000, and was an outspoken critic of the US-led war in Iraq.