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. |