| 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. |
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