1994

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15 January	The Central Direction of Catholic Schools organizes anational mass-meeting. An average of 10-15 Catholic schools has openedin Hungary since the changes. This is the first great muster ofCatholic schools.
4 February	A new Roman Catholic Diocese is created in Ruthenia(Ukraine) with Munkács (Mukatchevo) as its chief town. Thisterritory was under the direction of the Rumanian Diocese ofSzatmárnémeti so far. The boundaries of the newdiocese align themselves with the state borders. The number of RomanCatholic dioceses in Ukraine is increased to four this way.
3-6 March	Patriarch Alexiy II's visit in Hungary. He visits amongother places Pannonhalma, too, where Arch-abbot AsztrikVárszegi invites him for the 1000th anniversary of theArch-abbey in 1996.
19 March	The Esztergom-Budapest Archdiocese takes over the caseof Cardinal Archbishop of Esztergom József Mindszenthy'sbeatification from the Archdiocese of Vienna. The postulator of thecase will be János Szőke.
16-17 April	First congress of the Hungarian Kolping Federation inBudapest
30 April	The leaders of the Hungarian historical churchesaddress a pastoral letter to the believers on the occasion of theelections.
4 May	Prime Minister Péter Boross receives thedelegation of the Hungarian Roman Catholic pastors living abroad whohold their yearly conference in Budapest for the first time.
8 May	First round of the parliamentary elections. The secondround is held on 29 May. Most of the seats is acquired by the HungarianSocialist Party, while the Federation of Free Democrats obtains thesecond place. The two parties enter into a governing coalitionprocuring 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 Máriaremeteunder the name of Festival of Charismas.
31 May .	The Szeged-Csanád Bishopric opens auniversity students' hall named St Emeric Hall in Szeged
9 June	Mr István Nemeskürty is electedpresident, Professor Huba Rózsa vice-president of the StStephen Society at its general meeting for election of officials. Themandate lasts for five years.
11 June	The Fatima devotional statue arrives in Hungary and ispresented in a hundred churches in a hundred days. A number ofbelievers participate at the prayer meetings all over the country.
9 July	The Benedictine order recovers (for the third time inthe course of history) the Abbey of Tihany founded by King Andrew I in1055.
21 July	Professor Tamás Nyíri diesunexpectedly at the age of 74.