Mangunwijaya biography examples

Indonesian architect, writer, religious leader

Yusuf Bilyarta Mangunwijaya (Ambarawa, Central Java, 6 May 1929 – Carolus Hospital, Paseban, Senen, Central Jakarta, 10 February 1999),^[1] was an Indonesian architect, writer, and Catholic religious leader.

He was popularly known as Romo Mangun (Father Mangun).^[2]

Biography

Romo Mangun was the son of Yulianus Sumadi and Serafin Kamdaniyah.^[3] At the age of sixteen, he joined the People's Security Army during the Indonesian National Revolution and was shocked by the way the troops treated the villagers.^[2] In 1950, upon hearing a speech about the harmful effects of the revolution on civilians by one of the commanders, Major Isman, he decided to serve as a priest.^[2] He was ordained in 1959, while studying philosophy and theology at the "Institut Sancti Pauli" in Yogyakarta.^[4] He continued to study architecture in Aachen, Germany, and at the Aspen