Careers
He was ordained a priest on 22 August 1953 in Maastricht, Netherlands. On 1958 he returned to Indonesia.
On 15 November 1966 he was called to Jakarta by the then Archbishop of Jakarta, Adrianus Djajasepoetra, as the Secretary of Archdiose of Jakarta. On 25 November 1967, he became the Vicar General of Archdiocese of Jakarta while he was also a priest in Blok B parish, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta.
On 25 May 1970 he received a notice from Pope Paul VI that he had been appointed the Archbishop of Jakarta, effective 1 July 1970. He was inaugurated on 15 August 1970 by the then Archbishop of Semarang Justinus Darmojuwono in Istora Senayan, Jakarta. The same year, he became the secretary of Majelis Agung Wali Gereja Indonesia (MAWI).
On 17 July 1993, he was appointed by the Pope as Administrator Apostolik ad Nutum Sanctae Sedis for Diocese of Bogor until 23 October 1994, when the Diocese of Bogor had a new Bishop, Monsignor Michael Angkur, OFM.
Soekoto decided to retire as Archbishop of Jakarta on 10 November 1995, he then moved to Girisonta, Central Java.
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