 Kunyange zvazvo chiverengero chavaKaturike vomunzvimbomo chakawedzera zvikuru mumakore akatevera kugadzwa kwake, Soegijapranata nokukurumidza akatarisana nemiedzo mizhinji. Umambo hweJapan hwakapinda muIndia kutanga mukuvamba kwa 1942, uye mukati mokubata kwakazotevera machechi mazhinji akatorwa uye vafundisi vakasungwa kana kuti kuurawa. Soegijapranata akakwanisa kudzivisa kuwanda kwekubatwa uku, uye akapedza nguva yasara yekugara achishandira vaKaturike muvicariate yake. Pashure pokunge Mutungamiri Sukarno azivisa rusununguko rwenyikamuna August 1945, Semarang yakaparadzwa nemhirizhonga. Soegijapranata akabatsira kuita kuti hondo ipere pashure pokurwisana kwemazuva mashanu pakati pemasoja eJapan neIndonesia uye akakurudzira hurumende yepakati kuti itumire mumwe munhu kuzopedza mhirizhonga nokushomeka kwezvokudya muguta racho. Zvisinei, zvinetso izvi zvakapfuurira kukura, uye muna 1947 Soegijapranata akatamisira chigaro chake kuYogyakarta. Nokuda kwasara kweshanduko yenyika Soegijapranata akashanda kusimudzira kuzivikanwa kwenyika dzakawanda kwekusununguka kweIndonesia. Nokukurumidza pashure pevaDutch, avo vakanga vadzoka mukupera kwa1945, vakaziva rusununguko rwenyika, Soegijapranata akadzokera kuSemarang. Mumakore apashure peshanduko akanyora zvikuru achirwisana nechiKomonisiti uye akawedzera chechi; akashandawo semurevereri pakati pemapoka ezvematongerwe enyika akati wandei. Akaitwa bhishopu mukuru musi wa 3 Ndira 1961, apo Semarang yakakwidziridzwa kuva dunhu rechechi. Panguva iyoyo akanga ari muEurope, achipinda musangano wokutanga weVatican Council II. Soegijapranata akafa muna 1963, muSteyl, muNetherlands. Mutumbi wake wakadzoserwa kuIndonesia, kwaakaitwa gamba renyika ndokuvigwa paGiri Tunggal Heroes Cemetery muSemarang. 