1993

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27-29 January	Pope John-Paul II receives in audience the members ofthe Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench.
12-18 April	The 35th Hungarian Pax Romana Congress entitled"Renewing Church in a Renewing Society" is held in Vép andSzombathely.
16-18 May	International congress in Budapest, entitled "TheRelations between the European States and Churches in a TransformedWorld"
31 May	Pope John-Paul II changes the organizational structureof the Hungarian Catholic church. He increases the number ofarchbishoprics from three to four, raising the Bishopric ofVeszprém to the rank of archbishopric. From this time onBudapest belongs to the Archdiocese of Esztergom, the new designationof which is Esztergom-Budapest Archdiocese. The boundaries of the otherdioceses are modified in order that the differences in theirgeographical extent and number of believers may be leveled.
17-18 June	Hungarian pilgrimage to Aachen with the participationof Prime Minister József Antall and CardinalLászló Paskai among others. Unveiling of King StStephen's statue on the square in front of the cathedral.
4 July	The Catholic church recuperates the teachers' trainingschool of Zsámbék and Esztergom.
19 July	22nd Congress of the International Association for theSociology of Religion held in Budapest
1 August	A scout meeting reminiscent of the jamboree organized60 years ago is held at Gödöllő with theparticipation of more than a thousand Hungarian and foreign scouts.
4 August	The Dominican Sisters retrieve their cloister. DiocesanBishop István Konkoly gives blessing on the restoredbuilding.
26-30 August	A Catholic Congress on the Youth is held at Kismaros bypriests and civilians dealing with youth pastorization.
7-11 September	6th Congress of the European Catholic Associations forSacred Music held in Budapest
3 October	Consecration of the Gipsies' new church inKántorjánosi. President of the Pontifical Councilfor Wanderers and Vagabonds Giovanni Cheli participates at theceremony.
7-9 October	In return for the Pope's visit in Hungary a group ofHungarian pilgrims arrives in Rome under the direction of the HungarianCatholic Bishops' bench. The Pope receives them on 9 October andaddresses them a speech.
November	Archbishop Angelo Acerbi blesses the Jesuits'' newspiritual centre at Dobogókő, the "Manreza". The provincereceived this group of buildings in exchange of the former Manreza inZugliget (Budapest).
12 December	Death of Hungarian Prime Minister JózsefAntall
14-15 December	Two Slovakian bishops participate at the winterconference of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench.