Death
Soekoto suffered from cancer and died on Saturday, 30 December 1995 in Saint Elizabeth Hospital, Semarang, and was buried in Girisonta, Karangjati, Ungaran, Central Java on 1 January 1997 which was presided by the then head of Society of Jesus Indonesia, CB Putranto SJ.
A Requiem mass preceded the burial in the Cathedral of Semarang, presided by the then Archbishop of Semarang Julius Kardinal Darmaatmadja (succeeding Soekoto as incumbent Archbishop of Jakarta) accompanied by Mgr Alexander Djajasiswaja, Pr (Bishop of Bandung) and Mgr Mikael Angkur OFM (Bishop of Bogor). Other bishops were in attendance (Mgr Pandoyo Pr (Bishop of Malang), Mgr Hadiwikarta Pr (Bishop of Surabaya), Mgr Hardjosumarto Pr (Bishop of Purwokerto), Mgr Martinus D. Sitomarang (Bishop of Padang), Mgr Pudjorahardjo (Bishop of Ketapang), Mgr Mandagi (Bishop of Ambon), and other 60 priests.
Also in attendance was the then ambassador of Vatican, Mgr Pietro Sambi, and the then Governor of Central Java Soewardi.
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