17 March	The government orders the nationalisation and redistribution of all estates over 100 "hold" (57 hectares) and promises compensation for it.
29 March	Unexpected death of Jusztinián Serédi at the age of 61. He had been Archbishop of Esztergom and prince primate of Hungary since 1927.
2 April	Vilmos Apor, bishop of Győr sacrifices his life in defence of women refugees staying in the bishop's residence.
3 April	Angelo Rota, papal legate, is expelled from Hungary.
19 May	József Mindszenty, bishop of Veszprém and Lajos Shvoy, bishop of Székesfehérvár return to their seats from the prison of the Hungarian fascists in Sopronkőhida.
24 May	The Hungarian bishops' conference issues a pastoral letter on recent war-events, the restoration of morals, and .the land reform. ,"May God allow that the prosperity of the new landowners give comfort to the Church for all its losses and problems."
July-October	86 priests are expelled from the Hungarian region of Slovakia. Legal action is taken against a further 21.
August	Actio Catholica launches a new weekly. It is called "Új Ember' (New Man). Responsible editor: Balduin Pénzes, a Benedictine teacher.
16 August	József Mindszenty appointed Archbishop Of Esztergom.
19-20 August	The American military mission in Budapest brings back from Salzburg the holy relic of St Stephen's right hand. Thousands take part in the procession the next day.
7 October	József Mindszenty is inaugurated in Esztergom amid great ceremony.
14 November	József Mindszenty protests in his pastoral letter against the harassment of Hungarians in Slovakia.
20 November	The Control Committee of the Allied Forces ordains the expatriation of Hungary's German minority to Germany.

1 February	The national assembly declares Hungary a republic which puts an end to the special political status of the Church:
18 February	Pius XII appoints József Mindszenty Cardinal.
4 May	The bishops' conference issues a pastoral letter in defence of Catholic schools and religious education.
26 June	There had been 52 grammar-schools, 20 technical secondary schools, 35 colleges and 3000 primary schools run by the Church in the previous school year.
4 July	László Rajk, Minister of the Interior, bans first the Hungarian Boy Scout Movement and later the National Society of Young Catholic Farmers and other organisations. 20 July The bishops' conference protests officially against the dissolution of Catholic organisations.
20 August	Crowds take part in the procession with the holy relic of St. Steven's right hand (see above 19-20 August 1945).
September	28,000 students register for Catholic schools for the 1946-47 school year, a few thousand more than the previous year.
7-8 September	József Mindszenty and Gyula Czapik, Archbishop of Eger, deliver a speech in Máriapócs at the festival of the Hungarian Greek Catholics.
17 November	Deportation of Hungarians in Slovakia starts. People forced to move to the Sudeten, where Germans were expatriated from.

13 April	Memorial day in Székesfehérvár on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the death of Ottokár Prohászka, bishop of Székesfehérvár.
26 April	Sculpture of bishop Prohászka is pulled down in Budapest. Beginning of August The bishops' conference, in its pastoral letter, calls for an end to the expatriation of Germans.
20 August	Hundreds of thousands process behind the holy relic of St Stephen's right hand to Heroes' Square.
1 October	Archbishop Mindszenty issues a pastoral letter attacking the deportations in Slovakia and the expatriation of Germans in Hungary.
6 October	Sándor Sík, a popular poet, is appointed Provincial of the Piarist order.
4 December	Hungarian Parliament passes an act granting equal rights for all denominations. (1947: statute 32)

Beginning of April	Nationalisation of the "Stephen printing press of the Catholic publishing house "St. Stephen Society'.
11 May	Cardinal Mindszenty, in his pastoral letter, threatens supporters of school nationalisation with Church disciplinary measures.
13 May	100,000 people take part in a Fatima devotion at the cave chapel of Gellért Hill. June Protests against school nationalisation throughout the country.
5-6 June	150,000 pilgrims celebrate the 800th anniversary of Máriagyüd, a popular Marian shrine.
16 June	Parliament passes an act nationalising the Church schools. (1948: statute 33)
20 August	The procession of St Stephen's holy relic is cancelled this year.
19 November	András Zakar, Cardinal Mindszenty's secretary, is arrested.
26 December	Cardinal Mindszenty, Primate, Archbishop of Esztergom is arrested.

23 January	The Hungarian bishops turn to their flock, with a pastoral letter referring to the difficult situation of the Hungarian Catholic Church.
3-8 February	The so called "people's tribunal" sentences Cardinal Mindszenty to life-imprisonment.
5 September	Government ordinance abolishes compulsory religious education in schools. (1949: statute 5)
8 September	The bishops' conference issues a pastoral letter on religious education.

8-9 June	413 nuns and monks are transported at night from the area around the Yugoslav border to religious houses within the country.
19 June	1,120 religious are deported.
28 June	Talks start between government representatives and the commissioners of the Church. 5 July The chapter of cathedral of Esztergom elects Miklós Beresztóczy as vicar.
11 July and 14 August	Another 187 religious are deported.
18 July	Endre Havas, bishop of Csanád, is appointed Apostolic administrator in the diocese of Esztergom by the Holy See.
1 August	First meeting of the Priests' Peace Movement. Richard Horváth states its aims. 30 August The concordat between Church and state is signed by József Darvas, Minister of Religion and Education, and József Grósz, Archbishop of Kalocsa.
1 September	The bishops' conference establishes the Roman Catholic Theological Academy, after the separation of the theological faculty from the university.
6 September	Miklós Dudás, bishop of Hajdúdorog founds the Greek Catholic Seminary.
7 September	Decree banning all religious orders (1950: statute 34), excepting four Religious orders, retained to run the eight remaining Church grammar schools. The Benedictines, Franciscans, Piarists and the Poor School Sisters are each allowed to keep two schools and 405 religious.
7 October- 5 December	All religious houses not yet taken by the state have to be evacuated and given to the authorities.

18 May	State Church Office is set up.
June	The State Church Office appoints commissioners in every diocese to ensure the realisation of government policy on the Church. Beginning of June Arrest of József Grósz, Archbishop of Kalocsa, and eight others. He is replaced by Gyula Czapik, Archbishop of Eger, as president of the bishops' conference. 3 July Decree stating that main Church posts (archbishop, bishop, assistant bishop, abbot, provincial) can only be filled with the preliminary agreement of the Presidential Council.
3 July	The bishops' conference issues a statement declaring its "solidarity" with the Acts of the People's Republic and its agreement with the "Priests' Peace Movement".
21 July	Bishops, assistant bishops etc. take an oath in Parliament on the Constitution of the Hungarian People's. Republic; except for Imre Kisberk, assistant bishop of Székesfehérvár.
28 July	Supreme Court sentences Archbishop Grósz to 15 years imprisonment, his associates to 8-13 years.
July-August	Commissioners of the State Church Office appoint so-called "peace priests" (see above 1 August 1950) to be vicars and secretaries in the dioceses.
7 August	The bishops' conference decides to give ail Church lands to the state by 1 September.
4 September	Ecclesia co-operative has its first meeting. During the year Regnum Marianum parish church is pulled down beside the Városliget to make room for state festivals.

	During the course of the year bishops issue pastoral letters to encourage people to do spring work in the fields and to take part in the scrap-metal collection campaign.

30 April	Antal Schütz, a Piarist professor dies at the age of 73. He was an outstanding Hungarian theologian.
10 May	The new pastoral letter of the bishops' conference appreciates the economic plans of the government and calls for participation in the coming parliamentary elections.

October	The Priests' Peace Movement (see above 1 August 1950) joins the Patriotic Popular Front.

14 October	The Minister of Justice releases Archbishop Grósz at the request of Archbishop Czapik.

13 October	The bishops' conference issues a long statement condemning abortion. 23 October Revolution breaks out in the streets Of Budapest.
28 October	Pius XII issues his encyclical "Luctuosissimi eventus" concerning events in Hungary to express his sympathy with the Hungarian nation.
30 October	József Mindszenty is released in Felsőpetény and announces the recommencement of his activity as Primate of the country. He suspends 11 leaders of the Priests' Peace Movement and orders them to leave the capital immediately.
1 November	Cardinal Mindszenty delivers a speech in which he describes the situation as fight for freedom.
3 November	Cardinal Mindszenty gives a speech on the radio at 10 p.m.
4 November	Russian troops enter the capital... József Mindszenty seeks political asylum in the American embassy. His diocese is governed by his vicar-general, Béla Witz. 31 December Presidential Council dissolves the State Church Office. Its role is taken by the Ministry of Education.

9 February	After the resignation of Béla Witz, József Grósz appoints Mihály Endrey special delegate of the diocese Of Esztergom.
24 March	New decree is issued on the state approval of the important Church posts (1957: statute 22).
23 May	The bishops' conference establishes the Catholic Committee of the National Peace Council, and Opus Pacis, a Catholic peace movement.
1 June	A decree (1957: statute 2I) confirms the 1949 decree on religious education (see above 5 September I949).
2 June	Új Ember, a Catholic weekly, is published after half a year's silence. A couple of days later Vigilia a monthly review, also resumes publication.
16 June	A Vatican decree forbids priests Erom taking up political posts, under the penalty of excommunication. It gives priests with a parliamentary mandate one month to resign. September Bertalan Badalik, bishop of Veszprém, is expelled by the government and sent to Hejce.

2 February	The Holy See excommunicates three priest-MP's: Miklós Beresztóczy, Richard Horváth and János Máté.
May	Opus Pacis invites priests to "peace meetings" throughout the country. (see above 1 August I950)
4. September	Artur Schwarz-Eggenhofer, vicar-general, replaces special delegate, Mihály Endrey, as head of the diocese of Esztergom.

March 14	seminarists are expelled from the Central Seminary at the request of the government, because of their hostile attitude towards the Priests' Peace Movement. Most of the students declare their solidarity with them. Only 17 of the 100 seminarists of the previous year remain.
2 June	The State Church Office resumes work under the supervision of the Council of Ministers (see above 31 December 1956).

22 November	Eight priests are arrested in Budapest and sentenced to a total of 35 years for "inciting young people".

6 February	40 priests and 15 lay apostles are arrested for illegitimate activities. The "plot of the black ravens" is put to an end by 12 show trials.
3 October	József Grósz, Archbishop of Kalocsa since 1943, dies at the age of 74. Bishop Havas becomes president of the bishops' conference, of Opus Pacis and of the Catholic Peace Council.

4 October	Endre Havas, bishop of Csanád, Sándor Kovács, bishop of Szombathely, and Pál Brezanóczy, apostolic administrator of Eger, are delegated to the first session of the Second Vatican Council. They return on the 12th December.

22 March	54 priests and monks and many lay apostles are released from prison thanks to the general amnesty of the Presidential Council. (The general post '56 amnesty.)
7-9 May	Talks start between-the Vatican, represented by Agostino Casaroli, deputy secretary of state, and Hungary, represented by the president of the State Church Office. The event is followed by further meetings in subsequent months.
28 September	Sándor Sík, provincial of the Piarist order, dies at the age of 74 (see above- 6th October I947).

15 September	Mons. Agostino Casaroti, deputy secretary of the Congregation of Special Church Affairs, and József Prantner, president of the State Church Office, sign the parity agreement between the Vatican and Hungary on the settlement of certain legal conflicts between the Hungarian Church and the state.
8 December	Six Jesuits and seven priests are arrested for illegal activities "inciting" young people.

7 March	Liturgical reform implemented as directed by the bishops' conference. November Hungarian seminaries have a total of 303 students.

27 November	Masses are to be celebrated in Hungarian from this Sunday onwards, as decided by the bishops' conference.

25 January	Pope Paul VI promotes the apostolic administration of Bácska (Yugoslavia) to the independent bishopric of Szabadka (now Subotica, Yugoslavia).

20 August	The bishops' conference concelebrates Mass in St. Stephen's Basilica to mark the opening of St. Stephen's year. A letter from Paul VI is read to the congregation after the gospel.
9 September	Five priests are arrested for illegal pastoral work with young people.

16 April	János Péter, Hungarian Foreign Minister, is received by the Pope.
10 July	The Pope writes a letter to Cardinal Mindszenty.
28 September	According to the agreement between the Holy See and Hungary, Cardinal Mindszenty Leaves the American Embassy, where he had stayed since the 4th November 1956, and goes to Vienna with Opilio Rossi (the papal Legate in Vienna), Giovanni Cheli and József Zágon. The Cardinal is received by Agostino Casaroli, who flies him to Rome to meet Cardinal Jean Villot, deputy secretary of state, at the airport of Fiumicino. The Pope greets the Cardinal in the company of deputy secretary of state, Benelli at St. John's tower. Paul VI embraced Cardinal Mindszenty and leads him to the papal residence. The Pope takes of his pectoral cross and his ring and gives them to the Cardinal. Osservatore Romano quotes the letter of Cardinal Mindszenty, saying that "it was the heaviest cross he had to bear", when leaving his country.
30 September	The Pope celebrates Mass with Cardinal Mindszenty at the opening of the second session of the Episcopal Synod in the Sistine Chapel. The press office of the Holy See annouces that the Hungarian government offered the Cardinal amnesty, but he rejected it asking for total rehabilitation.
23 October	Cardinal Mindszenty leaves Rome and moves to "Pázmáneum", a Hungarian house in Vienna.

16 March	József Ijjas, Archbishop of Kalocsa ordains six bishops in St. Stephen's Basilica: Sándor Klempa, László Lékai, Árpád Fábián and László Kádár.
10-27 May	8 bishops, 60 priests and 300 lay pilgrims go to Rome for Pentecost.

14 January	Cardinal Mindszenty addresses a letter to the Pope.
30 January	The Pope answers Cardinal Mindszenty.
2 February	Pope Paul VI appoints László Lékai apostolic administrator of Veszprém, to be apostolic administrator of Esztergom. József Bánk, bishop of Győr, made archbishop of Eger. Imre Kisberk, apostolic ambassador, is appointed Bishop of Székesfehérvár, and László Kovács, assistant bishop, apostolic ambassador of Veszprém.
13 March	The bishops' conference changes the order of Church holidays, with the authorisation of the Holy See.
12 September	The bishops' conference issues a letter on the pastoral work with the dispersed Greek Catholics.
14 November	The State Church Office and the Bishops' Conference agree on the new decree on religious education. Religious education is confined to churches. One hour is allowed twice a week, and it must be reported to the local authorities
December	Three priests are released from prison. Only one priest remains in captivity. He is not released until 1977.
18 December	Pope Paul VI declares the seat of Esztergom vacant, but he only announces it officially on 5th February 1974.

6 May	Cardinal Mindszenty dies in Vienna at the age of 83. He is buried in Mariacell (Austria).
8-16 September	230 lay people and 70 priests take part in a pilgrimage to Rome on the occasion of the Holy Year.
23 September	The Hungarian Catholic peace movement celebrates its 25th anniversary in St. Stephen's Basilica and in Parliament.
13 November	György Lázár, president of the Council of Ministers, has a private audience with Paul VI.
December	Vatican II documents published by the St. Stephen Society.

10 February	Paul VI appoints László Lékai Archbishop of Esztergom.
24 May	László Lékai is made Cardinal.
	During the course of the year the new Hungarian bible, which had been completed in 1972, is published.

14 April	Pope Paul VI receives the Hungarian bishops' conference on an ad limina visit. 8 June Paul VI, in the company of Archbishop Casaroli, receives János Kádár and foreign minister Frigyes Puja.
9 June	Ödön Lénárd, a Piarist, and the last priest in captivity, is released from prison thanks to intervention of Paul VI

5-6 January	American delegation arrives in Budapest to return the crown of St. Stephen and the royal insignia.
July	The bishops' conference issues a pastoral letter condemning abortion.
12-13 July	Pedro Adrupe, superior general of the Society of Jesus, visits Hungary. September The Theological Academy's correspondence course is set up, with an intake of 141 students. The course takes three years.
2 December	John Paul II addresses a letter to the bishops of Hungary.

6 April	John Paul II stresses the importance of religious education in an Easter Letter to Hungarian bishops and priests.
25 May	Catholic youth meeting held at Nagymaros
17 July	John Paul II extends the jurisdiction of the bishops of Hajdúdorog over all Greek Catholics in the country.
29 September	Áron Márton, Bishop of Transylvania, dies at the age of 84.
8 October	John Paul II consecrates the Hungarian Chapel in the crypt of St. Peters basilica. 11 October The main theme of the youth meeting at Nagymaros is: "basic communities and the Church".

31 May	Pilgrimage to Máriaremete organised for disabled people.
15 November	Celebration of the 10th anniversary of the death of St. Elisabeth of the house of Árpád held at Sárospatak. Papal letter to the Hungarian Church.

25 January	The bishops' Conference issues a pastoral letter on ecumenism.
1 March	Greek Catholic vicariate is established in Budapest.
11 May	The Holy See attaches the Hungarian territories formerly under the jurisdiction of the Slovak bishoprics of Kassa and Rozsnyó, and those of the Romanian bishopric of Szatmár to the diocese of Eger.
1-11 October	The Hungarian bishops' conference goes on an ad limina visit to John Paul II 12 December John Paul II mentions this ad limina visit of the Hungarian bishops in his speech, saying that in pastoral work in Hungary the following things must take priority: catechises (primarily for young people), family life, vocations and religious orders. He also mentions the profound devotion to the Virgin Mary in Hungary.

28 February-1 March	The Philosophical Institute of the Hungarian Academy organises an international conference on the "responsibility Of man in the world today' . Karl Rahner, a Jesuit theologian, is among the lecturers.
4-12 May	Luigi Poggi, papal legate, delivers Augustino Casaroli's letter, which criticises the communities set up by György Bulányi.
21 May	John Paul II appoints László Irányi (a Piarist in Washington) bishop, and charges him with the pastoral work of Hungarians abroad.
30 July	Cardinal Joseph Höffner blesses the new St. Gellért retreat centre in Leányfalu.
4-11 October	520 Hungarian pilgrims visit Rome on the occasion of the Holy Year.
28 November	John Paul II gives Imre Miklós, president of the State Church Office, a private audience.

March	Publication of the relations for Hungarian parishes.
11 March and 6 May	According to a statistical survey, 12.47% of Catholics go to Mass on Sundays in the diocese of Esztergom.
4 April	'The bishops' conference issues a pastoral letter on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the "liberation" of the country.
23 May	Annual General Meeting of the Hungarian Catechesis Committee enumerates the problems with religious education in Hungary. The following are listed: lack of contact with parents, shortage of trained teachers and lack or educational materials.
27 June-1 July	Peter-Hans Kolvenbach superior general of the Society of Jesus, visits the Jesuits in Hungary.
12 December	The new Catholic hymnal (Éneklő Egyház-Singing Church) is published after ten years work.

25 March	The rules for lay pastors are approved for a five-year trial period.
26-28 May	Mother Theresa visits Budapest.
30 June	László Lékai, Cardinal Primate, Archbishop of Esztergom since 1976, dies at the age of 77. László Paskai replaces him as president of the Bishop's Conference. September The number of seminarists at the beginning of the school year 1986-87: 245 secular 44 in male religious orders, and 7 in female religious orders.
5-10 October	Christian-Marxist dialogue in Budapest on "moral values in society".
29 October-2 November	John Vaughn, superior general of the Franciscan order, visits the Hungarian province.
18 November	Lajos Bárdos, an outstanding representative of Church music, dies at the age of 88.
12 December	Imre Miklós president of the State Church Office again receives a private audience with john Paul II.

19 February	Prime Minister György Lázár receives a private audience with the Pope.
2 March	A new pastoral letter of the bishops' conference is read out in churches to start the parish renewal.
3. March	John Paul appoints László Paskai (assistant bishop of Kalocsa) Archbishop of Esztergom.
23 May	Gellért Bellon, assistant bishop of Pécs, dies at the age of 76.
2 July	The Pastoral Committee of the bishops' conference issues a pastoral letter on the particular importance of pastoral work with families.
5-6 September	Cardinal Simon Loudasamy, prefect of the Congregation of Eastern Churches, celebrates Mass in Hajdúdorog on the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the diocese.
September	Number of seminarists at the beginning of the school year 1987-88: 268 secular, 63 in male orders and 12 in female orders.
9-13 November	Hungarian bishops go to Rome on an ad limina visit to John Paul II.
1 December	First official meeting of the Hungarian bishops' conference with the Ecumenical Council of Hungarian Churches. A joint statement is made on ecumenism.

20 January	Hungarian Radio launches a new half-hour information programme entitled Religious Newsreel (ed. László Rapcsányi).
2 February	Imre Miklós president of the State Church Office, holds a press conference in Vienna on Church-State relations. He states that not every pre-war religious order will be reinstated, and that there is no need to establish normal diplomatic relations between Hungary and the Vatican. He also rejects the idea of Cardinal Mindszenty's political rehabilitation.
14 March	Károly Grósz meets representatives of the various Hungarian Churches. Bishop Szendi argues for a new concordat between Church and State, which would be more fitting for a democratic country. He also asks in his speech for the reinstatement of all religious orders dissolved in 1950, the legalisation of religious education and pastoral work with young people, and he also asks for the freedom to establish religious associations.
3-9 April	30th Congress of Pax Romana is held in Puchberg, Austria, with many Hungarian lecturers participating. The main topic is: "The future of young people - Young people of the future".
22 April	Government spokesman Rezső Bányász states that there are 146 Jehovah's Witnesses and 6 Catholics among those imprisoned for refusing to do military service.
21-22 June	The Hungarian Academy holds a meeting for the anniversary of St. Stephen, at which Ferenc Glatz, Minister of education, argues. for the necessity of a renewal .of Church historiography.
24 June	John Paul II visits Burgenland (Austria) and celebrates Mass in Trausdorf (formerly Darázsfalva in Hungary) - thousands of Hungarians take part.
28 June	László Paskai, Archbishop of Esztergom, is made cardinal.
9 June	A Hungarian daily Népszabadság publishes an interview with Imre Miklós, president of the State Church Office, under the headline: "Is the influence of religion in Hungary increasing?" He believes that a reform of Church policy is unnecessary, because "for the last 30 years there have always been good government decisions and party resolutions in this field". He also announces that the new act on religious freedom will be completed by 1990 and that talks are under way about the introduction of an alternative to military service Marxists' views on religion have changed: "Religion and religious people are no longer considered political enemies."
13 July	Endre Gyulay, bishop of Szeged and Csanád, publishes an article in Magyar Hírlap entitled "Understanding and Tolerance" in which he compares the Church to St. Sebastian, who was sentenced to death, but survived and offered his services to society. However, Gyulay believes that the Church also needs guarantees.
17 July	Imre Miklós, president of the State Church Office, attends the inaugural Mass of Cardinal László Paskai, and greets him afterwards at the reception. Some leading Church officials, he remarks, including bishops, request things which are unacceptable, because they mar Church-State relations. He referred to Bishop Szendi's speech delivered in Parliament, and to Bishop Gyulay's article (see above 14 March 1988, and 13 July 1988).
19 August	József Cserháti announces at a press conference that the Church would like to improve the efficiency of its social work. The fact that Jesuits and Cistercians were allowed to reopen their houses for educational purposes, and that there are less restrictions on religious education, indicate the erosion of obstacles to the work of the Church.
20 August	100,000 people attend the Jubilee Mass in honour of St. Stephen, held in front of the basilica in Budapest, and Cardinal Paskai announces in the presence of Archbishop Colassuonno and other foreign guests, that he and the government have invited Pope John Paul II to Hungary. The Pope addresses Hungarian Catholics in his letter on the occasion of the 950th anniversary of St. Stephen's death.
to 1st September	5000 refugees from Transylvania receive Church aid amounting to 6 million Forints.
14 September	Cardinal Paskai addresses a letter to Lord Henry Plumb, president of the European Parliament, asking for his intervention in order to put a stop to the village destruction in Romania.
24 September	Cardinal Paskai announces in his pastoral letter his intention to convene a diocesan council.
30 September	The Hungarian Union of Priests, which had been set up two years previously by thirty priests, holds its autumn congress. László Lukács announces officially that the Hungarian movement will join the international Unio Cleri Apostolica.
2 October	The training of youth group leaders starts to improve the pastoral work with young people, under the guidance of Bishop Gyulay, Church official responsible for youth education.
12. October	Thousands of Hungarians both from Hungary and abroad participate in the national pilgrimage to Rome on the occasion of the year of St. Stephen. This event is the first such joint celebration.
1? October	The Hungarian Boy Scout Movement is re-established. After long debates, those opposing any religious tendency in the group set up the Alliance of Hungarian Boy Scout Groups under the direction of the Patnotic Popular Front.
11-17 October	Imre Miklós, president of the State Church Office does to Rome to negotiate the appointment of new assistant bishops, and also to discuss the national minorities and the Pope's visit.
20 October	37 priests are ordained during the course of the year.
8 November	The 4th pastoral letter of the diocese Szeged and Csanád publishes Prime Minister Grósz's answers to the questions posed by Church r representatives at the March meeting (see above 14 March 1988). In answer to Cardinal Paskai. Grósz states: I agree that "the rules concerning Church-State relations have to be reformed, and limitations should be replaced by defined rules". To Gyulay's question he replies: There is no discrimination against religious people in Hungary. According to the new military ruling, soldier's will be allowed to take part in religious services during their holidays without wearing uniform. No permission will be required to publish pastoral letters." In answer to Bishop Szendi: "The reinstatement of the religious orders dissolved in 1950 will not be on the agenda". "It is an internationally well known fact that Churches in Hungary can work freely outside the churches too." Grósz among other things mentions the following: the permission of the bishop is sufficient for religious education to take place in churches. The Catholic Church is allowed to establish a house for educational purposes where Cistercians can help in the training of diocesan priests.
15 November	Magyar Hírlap publishes an interview with Ferenc Magyar, editor of Új Ember. "Since the concordat of 1950, Hungarian Catholicism has tried to survive by taking only little steps. Many think we collaborated and therefore criticise the leaders of the Church. Though to a certain extent this criticism is justified, most of the concessions in time proved to be necessary."
25 November	K. Harshew, president of the department of religious affairs in the Soviet Union, declares in London "the Soviet Union is not an atheist state." "When in the past we fought against religion and closed down churches, this was a distortion of Marxism like the personality cult of Stalin."
3 December	Áron Márton Society, a new Catholic association, is established.
December	The Hungarian Maltese Charity Service is established under the leadership of Csilla Boeselager. The organisation gave hospitals 6.5 million Forints worth of medical equipment.
22 December	A new charity organisation, "Szamaritánus" (Samaritan), is set up to help drug addicts and alcoholics. Although the organisation belongs to the Church it is supervised by the Ministry of Health.
23 December	Cardinal Paskai celebrates Mass in the hospital of Esztergom. For the first time in 40 years Christmas Masses are celebrated in many hospitals throughout the country. More and more hospitals allow Mass to be said.
30 December-4 January	The ecumenical community of Taizé organises a European youth meeting in Rome and 1500 Hungarians participate.

7-8 March	At the spring meeting of the bishops' conference Cardinal Paskai announces that the Pope's visit to Hungary is likely to take place in 199I. The bishops' conference also discusses the possibilities of restarting the activity of religious orders, and also decides to set up the Hungarian Pastoral Institute to co-ordinate pastoral work.
5 April	The Politburo of the Hungarian socialist Workers' Party discusses its attitude towards the Churches. Barna Sarkadi Nagy, deputy president of the State Church Office, says that according to the new act on religious freedom. the establishment of religious orders is going to be entirely left to the Church authorities.
12 April	Superiors of religious orders have their first meeting since 1950, chaired by Nándor Takács (assistant bishop), in order to discuss recommencement. 39 orders express their intention to resume work.
22 April	Hungarian Radio broadcasts Cardinal Mindszenty's speech of 3 November 1956.
7 June	The bishops' conference issues a pastoral letter for the reburial of the martyrs of 1956 on 16 June 1989.
9 June	The St. Stephen Society, a Catholic publishing house, issues Cardinal Mindszenty's memoirs.
14 June	A new amendment makes unarmed military service possible.
26 June	The Presidential Council abolishes the State Church Office without any legal successor (see above I8 May 1951).
11 July	Cardinal Paskai addresses an official letter to Prime Minister Németh, asking for the reconsideration of cardinal Mindszenty's trial. Németh promises to do so.
18 August	The Paulist order resumes its activity and moves back to the cave chapel on the Gellért Hill.
20 August	For the first time in 42 years the holy relic of St Stephen's right hand is processed around St Stephen s basilica in Budapest led by CardinaI. Paskai.
28 August	The Presidential Council issues a decree allowing the activity of the religious orders.
10 September	Cardinal Paskai celebrates Mass in the Sacred Heart Church in Budapest on the occasion of the recommencement of the Society of Jesus in Hungary.
15 September	Prime Minister Németh addresses a letter to Cardinal Casaroli on the 25th anniversary of the partial agreement between the Vatican and Hungary (see above 15 September 1964). Miklós Németh declares the government's intention to start talks on the re-establishment of diplomatic relations.
25 October	Lásztó Dankó, Archbishop of Kalocsa, announces the abolition of Opus Pacis, in an interview on Vatican Radio (see above 23 May 1983).
20 November	The bishops' conference makes a decision on the renewal of Church institutions, for instance the reorganisation of Actio Catholica.
23 November	László Békési Finance Minister says in Parliament that any organisation which,takes over social and educational state duties should receive equal subsidy irrespective of whether it is a Church or any other kind of private or state organisation. During the course of the year some new catholic newspapers are launched for example "Jel" (Sign) and "Igen" (Yes).

24 January	Parliament passes an act on religious freedom.
6 February	The government and the bishops' conference abolish the concordat of 1950 (see above 30 August 1950).
9 February	Re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Hungary.
28 March	Archbishop Acerbi is appointed papal legate to Hungary.
17 April	The Hungarian section of the Knights of Malta is established.
7 May	Hungarian Television starts to broadcast Catholic programmes.
18 May	The sentence of Cardinal Mindszenty's show trial is quashed.
July	Minister of Justice declares all pnisoners have the right to attend Mass.
20 August	The bishops' conference issues a statement on religious education, Church schools and lands owned by the Church.
5 September	The St Ignatius Catholic College is set up.
3 November	The Catholic Kolping Association is established.
November	The Department of Church Music is allowed to resume its work at the Hungarian Academy of Music.
December	New act is proposed on compensation for confiscated church properties. During the course of the year many religious orders reappropriate their buildings and are thus able to resume their activity.

1 January	The Pope's New Year Address to the Hungarian people
14 January	The Highest Court rehears the process carried against the Regnum Marianum clerical community in 1965 and finds the judgment unlawful even on the basis of the constitution of the day. Hungarian president Árpád Göncz presents his respects to Pope John-Paul II in a letter thanking him simultaneously for his message addressed to the world's peoples and governments on the occasion of Peace Year 1991. Mr.Göncz affirms also that the whole Hungarian people is looking forward to the Pope's visit in August.
15 February	Foundation of the Hungarian Catholic Journalists' Association
1-6 April	The first congress of the Hungarian Pax Romana held in Hungary again in Győr and Pannonhalma (33rd in order)
9 April	Opening of the Saint Ignatius Catholic Students' Hall of the Jesuit Order
12 April	Prime Minister József Antal receives Papal Nuncio Angelo Acerbi in his office. The talks concern the relationship of the Holy See and the Hungarian Republic as well as the settling of the question of confiscated church properties.
4 May	Mons. József Mindszenthy's mortal remains are ceremoniously transferred from Mariazell (Austria) to Esztergom and are put to their last repose in the crypt of the basilica.
24 May	Pope John-Paul II receives Hungarian Secretary for Foreign Affairs Géza Jeszenszky in private audience.
28 May	It is decided that the faculty of Arts of the future Catholic University will function on the premises of the former soviet barracks in Piliscsaba.
5 July	Pope John-Paul II receives Reformed Bishop of Nagyvárad (Oradea, Rumania) László Tőkés in private audience.
10 July	The Parliament passes the law concerning the restitution of church properties by a roll-call vote. In virtue of this law the premises confiscated unlawfully from the church or their equivalent in money will be restored by the state to their original, legal owner on request in ten years.
16-20 August	The Pope in Hungary. His program included an open-air mass in Esztergom, Máriapócs, Pécs and Budapest, an ecumenical divine service in Debrecen, a meeting with the Hungarian youth in the People's Stadium (Budapest), another with the seminarists in the Matthias Church (Budapest), yet another with the sick in the Basilica of Budapest, and he also met the representatives of the sciences and the arts, as well as a delegation of Jewish religious communities. Approximately 200 000 people participate at his mass celebrated on the Heroes' Square (Budapest) on St Stephen's Feast. The Pope in his sermon touches the coup d' état committed against Mr Gorbatchev the day before and expresses his hope that the evolution of democracy can in no way be stopped in Russia.
4 September	Foundation of the Hungarian Association for the Pastorization of Prisons at Szeged
14 September	Establishment of the university students' parish in Budapest
15 September	First national meeting of the Hungarian Charity in Budapest
23 November	Pope John-Paul II receives the participants of the Christian Democratic Leaders' International Forum, among them Hungarian Prime Minister József Antall and the other members of the Hungarian delegation.
4 December	Inauguration of the Villa di Fracno, the residence of the Hungarian Embassy at the Holy See, former building of the Hungarian Consulate. In the course of the ceremony Hungarian Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Tamás Katona hands over the Great Cross of the Hungarian State Order of Merit to Cardinal Sodano Under-Secretary of State.
30 December	The Community of Taizé organizes its 14th European Youth Meeting in Budapest.

13 January	The Holy See officially recognizes the Croatian and the Slovenian Republics.
8 February	The Holy See re-establishes its diplomatic relations with the Ukrainian Republic. A nunciature is opened in this country while the Ukrainian state accredits an ambassador to the Holy See.
19 February	Jewish-Catholic meeting in Budapest
10 March	Mr Ferenc Gál is nominated Rector of the future Catholic University at the spring conference of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench. The Pázmány Péter Theological Academy, legal successor to the university founded by Péter Pázmány, is completed with a Faculty of Arts and acquires the status of university.
24-31 March	European meeting of Protestant churches in Budapest
24-28 March	Commemorations of the 100th anniversary of Mons. József Mindszenthy's birth (anniversary scientific session, commemorative mass celebration)
10 May	A series of ceremonial events at Nagyvárad (Oradea, Rumania) on the 900th anniversary of the foundation of the city, at the same time 800th anniversary of King St Ladislas' canonization, and 300th of the Turks' expulsion.
11 July	The Holy Father declares in a decree of ten persons to be beatified, among them of László Batthyány-Strattman, that they practised the virtues in a "heroic measure".
24 July	The Dalai Lama and Cardinal László Paskai participate at a brotherly meeting of prayer in the St Stephen Basilica of Budapest.
16 August	In his sermon after the "Angelus Dei" John-Paul II commemorates Hungarian King St Stephen as well.
1 September	The Faculty of Arts of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University is opened.
1 October	Hungarian President Árpád Göncz awards Archbishop Lajos Kada, Apostolic Nuncio in Bonn, the Middle Cross with the Star of the Hungarian State Order of Merit.
4 October	The first catholic university in Hungary is opened with the participation of Cardinal Pio Laghi, Prefect of the Vatican Educational Congregation.
11 November	A Catholic Post-Graduate Institute is opened in Szombathely.

27-29 January	Pope John-Paul II receives in audience the members of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench.
12-18 April	The 35th Hungarian Pax Romana Congress entitled "Renewing Church in a Renewing Society" is held in Vép and Szombathely.
16-18 May	International congress in Budapest, entitled "The Relations between the European States and Churches in a Transformed World"
31 May	Pope John-Paul II changes the organizational structure of the Hungarian Catholic church. He increases the number of archbishoprics from three to four, raising the Bishopric of Veszprém to the rank of archbishopric. From this time on Budapest belongs to the Archdiocese of Esztergom, the new designation of which is Esztergom-Budapest Archdiocese. The boundaries of the other dioceses are modified in order that the differences in their geographical extent and number of believers may be leveled.
17-18 June	Hungarian pilgrimage to Aachen with the participation of Prime Minister József Antall and Cardinal László Paskai among others. Unveiling of King St Stephen's statue on the square in front of the cathedral.
4 July	The Catholic church recuperates the teachers' training school of Zsámbék and Esztergom.
19 July	22nd Congress of the International Association for the Sociology of Religion held in Budapest
1 August	A scout meeting reminiscent of the jamboree organized 60 years ago is held at Gödöllő with the participation of more than a thousand Hungarian and foreign scouts.
4 August	The Dominican Sisters retrieve their cloister. Diocesan Bishop István Konkoly gives blessing on the restored building.
26-30 August	A Catholic Congress on the Youth is held at Kismaros by priests and civilians dealing with youth pastorization.
7-11 September	6th Congress of the European Catholic Associations for Sacred Music held in Budapest
3 October	Consecration of the Gipsies' new church in Kántorjánosi. President of the Pontifical Council for Wanderers and Vagabonds Giovanni Cheli participates at the ceremony.
7-9 October	In return for the Pope's visit in Hungary a group of Hungarian pilgrims arrives in Rome under the direction of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' bench. The Pope receives them on 9 October and addresses them a speech.
November	Archbishop Angelo Acerbi blesses the Jesuits'' new spiritual centre at Dobogókő, the "Manreza". The province received this group of buildings in exchange of the former Manreza in Zugliget (Budapest).
12 December	Death of Hungarian Prime Minister József Antall
14-15 December	Two Slovakian bishops participate at the winter conference of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench.

15 January	The Central Direction of Catholic Schools organizes a national mass-meeting. An average of 10-15 Catholic schools has opened in Hungary since the changes. This is the first great muster of Catholic schools.
4 February	A new Roman Catholic Diocese is created in Ruthenia (Ukraine) with Munkács (Mukatchevo) as its chief town. This territory was under the direction of the Rumanian Diocese of Szatmárnémeti so far. The boundaries of the new diocese align themselves with the state borders. The number of Roman Catholic dioceses in Ukraine is increased to four this way.
3-6 March	Patriarch Alexiy II's visit in Hungary. He visits among other places Pannonhalma, too, where Arch-abbot Asztrik Várszegi invites him for the 1000th anniversary of the Arch-abbey in 1996.
19 March	The Esztergom-Budapest Archdiocese takes over the case of Cardinal Archbishop of Esztergom József Mindszenthy's beatification from the Archdiocese of Vienna. The postulator of the case will be János Szőke.
16-17 April	First congress of the Hungarian Kolping Federation in Budapest
30 April	The leaders of the Hungarian historical churches address a pastoral letter to the believers on the occasion of the elections.
4 May	Prime Minister Péter Boross receives the delegation of the Hungarian Roman Catholic pastors living abroad who hold their yearly conference in Budapest for the first time.
8 May	First round of the parliamentary elections. The second round is held on 29 May. Most of the seats is acquired by the Hungarian Socialist Party, while the Federation of Free Democrats obtains the second place. The two parties enter into a governing coalition procuring this way a parliamentary majority of 73 %.
11 May	The Hungarian Charity sets up the Out-patients' Department for Drug Addicts in Budapest.
23 May	A Catholic May picnic is held in Máriaremete under the name of Festival of Charismas.
31 May .	The Szeged-Csanád Bishopric opens a university students' hall named St Emeric Hall in Szeged
9 June	Mr István Nemeskürty is elected president, Professor Huba Rózsa vice-president of the St Stephen Society at its general meeting for election of officials. The mandate lasts for five years.
11 June	The Fatima devotional statue arrives in Hungary and is presented in a hundred churches in a hundred days. A number of believers participate at the prayer meetings all over the country.
9 July	The Benedictine order recovers (for the third time in the course of history) the Abbey of Tihany founded by King Andrew I in 1055.
21 July	Professor Tamás Nyíri dies unexpectedly at the age of 74.

24-25 January	The divinity teachers' national conference is organized in its ancient form again in the Central Seminary in Budapest.
9 February	Pope John-Paul II receives Hungarian President Árpád Göncz in private audience. The Holy Father's invitation into Hungary for 1996 is confirmed at the meeting. The planned date of the visit is June 1996.
23-25 February	A conference on the pastorization of university youth is held at Domaszék-Zöldfás. Topic: the present situation of the pastorization of universities in Hungary.
10 March	The 50th anniversary of Mons. Vilmos Apor's death is commemorated by a series of events in Győr.
16-19 March	The Hungarian Organization of the OCIPE (European Catholic Information Bureau) holds a conference entitled Marginalisation, Integration and Desintegration.
17 March	The Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench publishes a statement in which it criticizes the latest economic measures of the government because of their antisocial consequences.
1 April	Conference on the relations of the state and the church at Dobogókő
11 April	Arch-abbot Asztrik Várszegi travels to Moscow in order to settle the details of the Patriarch's and the Pope's planned joint visit to Pannonhalma in 1996
17-23 April	5th ecumenical meeting of the Pax Romana held this time in Gyula. Topic: the Gospel – our common duty today.
7 May	Beginning of the festival entitled Varadinum 95 in the honour of King St Ladislas in Nagyvárad (Rumania)
12 May	The Eastern Slaves joined the Roman Catholic church by the Union of Brest-Litovsk 400 years ago, and so did the Transcarpathian Ukrainians (Ruthenes) by the Union of Ushgorod 350 years ago.
22 May	Cardinal Pio Laghi Prefect of the Pontifical Educational Congregation arrives in Hungary on the invitation of Minister for Cultural Affairs Gábor Fodor.
28 May	Archbishop Giovanni Cheli President of the Papal Council for the Vagabonds and Diocesan Bishop Szilárd Keresztes consecrate the new church of the Greek Catholic Gypsy Parish at Hodász.
31 May	Hungarian Prime Minister Gyula Horn receives the leaders of the historical churches.
12 June	The Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench issues an encyclical letter for the 900th anniversary of King St Ladislas' death.
30 June	Pope John-Paul II begins his visit in Slovakia, the most important event of which is the canonization of three martyr priests: the Croatian Mark Körösi, the Transylvanian Hungarian István Pongrácz, and the Pole Melchior Grodecz.
11 July	A meeting of the religious leaders of the former Yugoslavia is held at Pécs with the aim of addressing a common appeal to the world in the spirit of reconciliation.
16-19 August	A Catholic University Students' National Meeting is held at Ady-liget (Budapest).
20-30 August	The Centre for the Sociology of Religion of the National Pastoral Institute together with the Vienna-Budapest Institute for Church Sociology and the Section for the Sociology of Religion of the Hungarian Sociological Society organize a conference at Dobogókő in the "Manreza".
17 September	National pilgrimage to Mariazell (Austria) under the direction of Cardinal Paskai
27 September	Cardinal Primate László Paskai Esztergom-Budapest Archbishop celebrates a thanksgiving mass on the 50th anniversary of the one and only Hungarian Catholic weekly "Új Ember" (New Man).
28 September	The Republic of Hungary presents at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris an application for the admission of the Arch-abbey of Pannonhalma and its immediate surroundings to the World Heritage List.
11 October	The Faculty of Philosophy and Canonical Law of the Catholic University of Paris confers an honorary degree on Protonotary Péter Erdő, Professor of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Faculty's existence.
12 October	The Permanent Conference of the Leaders of the Hungarian Christian Churches in Rumania holds its exceptional meeting in Budapest. A declaration concerning confessional education and instruction in the vernacular as well as the forcefully confiscated church properties is published on this occasion.
10-12 November	A "Network-meeting" is held in the Catholic Youth Centre of Domaszék-Zöldfás.
20 November	Archbishop István Seregély, President of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench addresses a letter to Bishop Rudolf Baláz concerning the Slovakian law on language use.
20 November	4th National Meeting of the Hungarian Catholic Charismatic Renewal in the Budapest Sports Hall
20-31 November	The Ecumenical Council of the Hungarian Churches organizes the National Protestant Days for the third time.
23 November	Hungarian President Árpád Göncz awards Cistercian General Abbot Emeritus Polikárp Zakar the Middle Cross of the Hungarian Republic for his activity exerted in favour of the preservation of the Roman and Italian Hungarian community's spiritual unity, for his trustworthy representation and extensive popularization of Hungarian spiritual values as well as for his internationally recognized scientific oeuvre.
24 November	The Ministry of Culture and Public Education organizes a scientific commemorative conference on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the XLIII Article of 1895 concerning the free exercise of religion.
29 November	Pope John-Paul II receives separately as well Vice-President of the Hungarian Parliament László Salamon in the Hall "Paul VI" of the Vatican.
4 December	A declaration is adopted by the general meeting of the Ecumenical Council of the Hungarian Churches concerning the Slovakian law on language use and the peace treaty between Yugoslavia and Bosnia.
18 December	The government of the Hungarian Republic decDecember the "Day of Minorities" on the occasion of the anniversary of the UNO's declaration on the rights of ethnic minorities and establishes a prize for the recognition of outstanding public, economic, scientific or educational activity exerted in favour of minorities. Hungarian Prime Minister Gyula Horn hands over the "Minorities Prize" to President of the Hungarian Maltese Charity Imre Kozma for his extensive activity exerted in favour of the Hungarian minorities in the neighbouring countries, for his exemplary, altruistic and self-sacrifying conduct. As far as the representatives of the Hungarians living beyond the state borders are concerned, Béla Kató Reformed Pastor of Ilyefalva (Rumania) gains the Prize for the launching of epoch-making programs for the Hungarians of Rumania beneficial to the youth, to social conditions and to those wanting to make a living. István Szépfalusi Lutheran Pastor living in Vienna, a man of letters, President of the Bornemissza Péter Society of Vienna is also awarded by the Prize in recognition of his researches carried out in the domain of the Western European Hungarian emigration's sociography as well as for his work exerted for the good of this minority's religious life and its self-organization. lares 8

14 January	Inauguration of Mons. Jenő Antal Majnek, first bishop of Ruthenia (Ukraine) at Mukatchevo. Cardinal László Paskai, Archbishop István Seregély, Bishop Nándor Bosák, Coadjutor Csaba Ternyák and Gyula Márfi participate at the holy mass, as well as the ordinaries of the Ukrainian Roman Catholic dioceses and the representatives of the brother churches.
18 January	Archbishop Giovanni Cheli, President of the Pontifical Council for the Wanderers and Vagabonds opens the Gipsies' first social welfare home and cultural centre in the world.
26 January	Mons. Vladimir Filo Coadjutor of the Bratislava-Trnava Archdiocese sends a reply letter concerning the Slovakian law on language use to Mons. István Seregély Archbishopof Eger, President of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench.
12 February	Transylvania's great son, Mons. Áron Márton is commemorated by a celebration in Cluj-Napoca (Rumania), the place of his consecration. Chief celebrant of the holy mass is Mons. István Seregély, Archbishop of Eger and President of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench.
15 February	The Holy Father receives Hungarian Prime Minister Gyula Horn in private audience.
3 March	The Focolare Spiritual Movement holds a festive meeting in Gödöllő.
4 March	The Pontifical Council of Mass Information holds a plenary meeting in the Vatican. Hungary is represented by Piarist Father László Lukács, consultant of the council.
7-8 March	A conference entitled "Minorities and their churches" is held in Visegrád.
15-17 March	Christian Student Journalists' 2nd Meeting in Domaszék-Zöldfás
20 March	Arch-abbot of Pannonhalma Asztrik Várszegi holds a press-conference concerning the festive series of events to be organized in honour of the 1000-year-old Arch-abbey of Pannonhalma Prime Minister Gyula Horn meets the representatives of the four historical churches.
23 March	Several hundreds of people attend the torchlight demonstration in front of the St Stephen Basilica (Budapest) and protest against the recent attacks on church institutions.
25 March	Meeting of the Hungarian Catholic Women's Forum
9-13 April	The representatives of the Benedictan and Cistercian schools of seven countries (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Great-Britain, Hungary, Russia and Switzerland) meet in Pannonhalma on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of the Arch-abbey and its school.
16 April	A diocesan meeting of leaders and representatives of spiritual movements is held in the Primate's Palace in Budapest
16-19 April	Conference of the International Council of Catholic Worker YouthMovements and of the Pontifical Council for Laymen at Dobogókő
18 April	Archbishop István Seregély, President of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench and Bishop Csaba Ternyák, Head of the Episcopal Secretariat receive Romany autonomous administrative leaders.
24 April	President of the Hungarian Democratic Alliance in Rumania Béla Markó and his wife participate at the general papal audience. The Transylvanian writer and public personality thanked the Holy father for dealing with ational minorities and asked him to continue to pay attention to the situation of the Hungarians, among them of he 1 000 000 Catholic believers living in Transylvania Rumania) .
4 May	he festivities of the 1000-year-old Bishopric of Veszprém rganized on the occasion of the 1100th anniversary of the Magyar conquest of Hungary, at the same time 1000th anniversary of St Stephen's and Blessed Gisela's marriage begin with the reception of the Holy Right Hand and of Blessed Gisela's relics.
13 May	The series of festive events to be organized in Hungary and in Italy in connection with the 1100th anniversary of the Magyar conquest of Hungary and the 40th anniversary of the revolution of 1956 is presented at the Hungarian Academy of Rome.
17-18 May	Conference entitled "Thousand Years of Past Thousand Years of Future?" in Piliscsaba, at the Faculty of Arts of the Catholic University
6-7 June	Festive events entitled "The History of a Thousand Years" greeting the millennial foundation of Pannonhalma held in Rome
15 June	First National Meeting of the Drug Addict Helping Service (subsection of the Hungarian Charity) in Budapest
16 June	The leaders of the Hungarian historical churches hold an ecumenical meditation under the projected image of the Holy Crown and the Holy Right Hand upon the request of the Hungarian World Alliance on the occasion of the 4th World Congress of Hungarians.
29 June	The Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench mounts an exhibition entitled "The Thousand-Year-Old Relations of the Holy See and Hungary" in Esztergom.
1 July	Correspondence between Prime Minister Gyula Horn and Under-Secretary of State Angelo Sodano concerning the topic and the organizational procedure of the future talks between the Holy See and the Hungarian government. The topic of the talks: the safeguarding of the operational conditions of the church. Such conditions involve the settlement of the situation of church properties as well as the definition of state duties concerning the material operational conditions of educational, instructional and social church institutes.
7-14 July	Meeting of the Catholic Girl Scouts' International Association in Budapest. Cardinal Archbishop Primate László Paskai and Mrs Árpád Göncz, patroness of the conference participate at the opening ceremony.
20 August	The Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench publishes a study of 70 pages entitled "For a More Equitable and More Brotherly World" concerning the situation, the problems and the tasks of the Hungarian society. The encyclical letter was born as an expression of Christian responsibility for the country on the 1100th anniversary of the Magyar conquest of Hungary and the 1000th anniversary of Hungary's Christian history.