Cardinals Update : Cardinal Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Jakarta (Indonesia), turned 80, ceases to be a Cardinal-elector

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On Saturday, 20 December 2014, Cardinal Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, S.J., Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Maria, Cardinal Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Jakarta (Indonesia), turned 80, and therefore, according to the rules written in the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, he lost his right to vote in any future conclave. Cardinal Darmaatmadja was born at Muntilan in the Central Java Province of Indonesia, then was the Dutch colony of the Dutch East Indies on 20 December 1934.

Cardinal Darmaatmadja was made Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Maria by Pope St. John Paul II in the 1994 Consistory of Cardinals on 26 November 1994, the sixth Consistory of his pontificate. Cardinal Darmaatmadja was made a Cardinal in honour of his position as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Semarang, a position which he held from 1983 to 1996, and being one of the heart of Christianity in Indonesia at the island of Java. After that Cardinal Darmaatmadja became the Metropolitan Archbishop of Jakarta from 1996 to his retirement in 2010.

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http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/cardJP2-6.htm#41

Cardinal Darmaatmadja did not attend the 2013 Papal Conclave which elected Pope Francis due to his ill health and deteriorating eyesight, even though he was still a Cardinal-elector then.

May God bless His Eminence Cardinal Darmaatmadja with a blessed old age and health. May he remain strong in the faith and hopefully can perhaps still continue to work great graces and good works of love and peace just as he had once done in his long service to the Church, particularly his contributions as the shepherd of the many faithful in Indonesia, in the two Archdioceses of Semarang and Jakarta.

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(Above is Cardinal Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja just after the 1994 Consistory)

The College of Cardinals now stands at 208 members in total, with 111 Cardinal-electors and 97 Cardinal non-electors. There are now a vacancy of 9 Cardinal-electors as compared to the maximum number of electors allowed in the Conclave of 120.

Next Cardinal-elector to age out (80) will be Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo (Italy), the President Emeritus of the Governorate of the Vatican City State on 3 January 2015.

Official Schedule of Papal Apostolic Journey to Korea (14-18 August 2014)

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Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014
4:00 p.m. Leave by plane from Rome’s Fiumicino International Airport for Seoul

Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014
10:30 a.m. Arrival at the Seoul Air Base
12:00 p.m. Private Mass at the Apostolic Nunciature to Korea
3:45 p.m. Welcoming ceremony in the garden of the Blue House (Presidential Palace) in Seoul and courtesy visit to the president of the Republic in the Blue House
4:30 p.m. Meeting with the authorities and government officials in the Chungmu Hall of the Blue House of Seoul
5:30 p.m. Meeting with Korean bishops in the conference headquarters of the Episcopal Conference of Korea

Friday, Aug. 15, 2014
8:45 a.m. Transfer by helicopter to Daejeon (Metropolitan Archdiocese of Daejeon)
10:30 a.m. Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Annunciation in the World Cup stadium of Daejeon and praying of the Angelus
1:30 p.m. Lunch with the youth of the Major Seminary of Daejeon
4:30 p.m. Transfer by helicopter to the Solmoe shrine
5:30 p.m. Meeting with the Asian youths at the Solmoe shrine (As part of Sixth Asian Youth Day – 2014)
7:15 p.m. Transfer by helicopter to Seoul

Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014
8:55 a.m. Visit to the Shrine of the Martyrs of Seosomun
10:00 a.m. Holy Mass and Beatification Paul Yun Ji-Chung and his 123 companions (Korean Martyrs) at the Door of Gwanghwamun in Seoul
3:30 p.m. Transfer by helicopter to Kkottongnae
4:30 p.m. Visit to the Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled in the House of Hope in Kkottongnae
5:15 p.m. Meeting with the religious communities of Korea in the School of Love training center of Kkottongnae
6:30 p.m. Meeting with the leaders of the Lay Apostolate at the Spirituality Center of Kkottongnae
7:00 p.m. Transfer by helicopter to Seoul

Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014
10:00 a.m. Transfer by helicopter to Haemi
11:00 a.m. Meeting with the Asian bishops in the Haemi shrine
1:00 p.m. Lunch with the bishops of Asia in the refectory of Haemi shrine
4:30 p.m. Holy Mass concluding the Sixth Asian Youth Day in the castle of Haemi
7:00 p.m. Transfer by helicopter to Seoul

Monday, Aug. 18, 2014
9:00 a.m. Encounter with religious leaders in the palace of the old Curia of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seoul
9:45 a.m. Holy Mass for peace and reconciliation in the Myeongdong Cathedral of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seoul
12:45 p.m. Farewell ceremony from the Republic of Korea at the Air Base of Seoul
1:00 p.m. Departure by plane from the Air Base of Seoul to Rome’s Ciampino International Airport
5:45 p.m. Arrival at Rome’s Ciampino International Airport