| 14 January | Inauguration of Mons. Jenő Antal Majnek, first bishopof Ruthenia (Ukraine) at Mukatchevo. CardinalLászló Paskai, Archbishop IstvánSeregély, Bishop Nándor Bosák,Coadjutor Csaba Ternyák and Gyula Márfiparticipate at the holy mass, as well as the ordinaries of theUkrainian Roman Catholic dioceses and the representatives of thebrother churches. |
| 18 January | Archbishop Giovanni Cheli, President of the PontificalCouncil for the Wanderers and Vagabonds opens the Gipsies' first socialwelfare home and cultural centre in the world. |
| 26 January | Mons. Vladimir Filo Coadjutor of the Bratislava-TrnavaArchdiocese sends a reply letter concerning the Slovakian law onlanguage use to Mons. István SeregélyArchbishopof Eger, President of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench. |
| 12 February | Transylvania's great son, Mons. ÁronMárton is commemorated by a celebration in Cluj-Napoca(Rumania), the place of his consecration. Chief celebrant of the holymass is Mons. István Seregély, Archbishop of Egerand President of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench. |
| 15 February | The Holy Father receives Hungarian Prime Minister GyulaHorn in private audience. |
| 3 March | The Focolare Spiritual Movement holds a festive meetingin Gödöllő. |
| 4 March | The Pontifical Council of Mass Information holds aplenary meeting in the Vatican. Hungary is represented by PiaristFather László Lukács, consultant ofthe council. |
| 7-8 March | A conference entitled "Minoritiesand their churches" is held in Visegrád. |
| 15-17 March | Christian Student Journalists' 2nd Meeting inDomaszék-Zöldfás |
| 20 March | Arch-abbot of Pannonhalma Asztrik Várszegiholds a press-conference concerning the festive series of events to beorganized in honour of the 1000-year-old Arch-abbey of Pannonhalma Prime Minister Gyula Horn meets the representatives ofthe four historical churches. |
| 23 March | Several hundreds of people attend the torchlightdemonstration in front of the St Stephen Basilica (Budapest) andprotest 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 Cistercianschools of seven countries (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Great-Britain,Hungary, Russia and Switzerland) meet in Pannonhalma on the occasion ofthe 1000th anniversary of the Arch-abbey and its school. |
| 16 April | A diocesan meeting of leaders and representatives ofspiritual movements is held in the Primate's Palace in Budapest |
| 16-19 April | Conference of the International Council of CatholicWorker YouthMovements and of the Pontifical Council for Laymen atDobogókő |
| 18 April | Archbishop István Seregély,President of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench and Bishop CsabaTernyák, Head of the Episcopal Secretariat receive Romanyautonomous administrative leaders. |
| 24 April | President of the Hungarian Democratic Alliance inRumania Béla Markó and his wife participate atthe general papal audience. The Transylvanian writer and publicpersonality thanked the Holy father for dealing with ational minoritiesand asked him to continue to pay attention to the situation of theHungarians, among them of he 1 000 000 Catholic believers living inTransylvania Rumania) . |
| 4 May | The festivities of the 1000-year-old Bishopric ofVeszprém rganized on the occasion of the 1100th anniversaryof the Magyar conquest of Hungary, at the same time 1000th anniversaryof St Stephen's and Blessed Gisela's marriage begin with the receptionof the Holy Right Hand and of Blessed Gisela's relics. |
| 13 May | The series of festive events to be organized in Hungaryand in Italy in connection with the 1100th anniversary of the Magyarconquest of Hungary and the 40th anniversary of the revolution of 1956is presented at the Hungarian Academy of Rome. |
| 17-18 May | Conference entitled "Thousand Years of Past ThousandYears of Future?" in Piliscsaba, at the Faculty of Arts of the CatholicUniversity |
| 6-7 June | Festive events entitled "The History of a ThousandYears" greeting the millennial foundation of Pannonhalma held in Rome |
| 15 June | First National Meeting of the Drug Addict HelpingService (subsection of the Hungarian Charity) in Budapest |
| 16 June | The leaders of the Hungarian historical churches holdan ecumenical meditation under the projected image of the Holy Crownand the Holy Right Hand upon the request of the Hungarian WorldAlliance on the occasion of the 4th World Congress of Hungarians. |
| 29 June | The Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench mounts anexhibition entitled "The Thousand-Year-Old Relations of the Holy Seeand Hungary" in Esztergom. |
| 1 July | Correspondence between Prime Minister Gyula Horn andUnder-Secretary of State Angelo Sodano concerning the topic and theorganizational procedure of the future talks between the Holy See andthe Hungarian government. The topic of the talks: the safeguarding ofthe operational conditions of the church. Such conditions involve thesettlement of the situation of church properties as well as thedefinition of state duties concerning the material operationalconditions of educational, instructional and social church institutes. |
| 7-14 July | Meeting of the Catholic Girl Scouts' InternationalAssociation in Budapest. Cardinal Archbishop PrimateLászló Paskai and Mrs ÁrpádGöncz, patroness of the conference participate at the openingceremony. |
| 20 August | The Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench publishes a studyof 70 pages entitled "For a More Equitable and More Brotherly World"concerning the situation, the problems and the tasks of the Hungariansociety. The encyclical letter was born as an expression of Christianresponsibility for the country on the 1100th anniversary of the Magyarconquest of Hungary and the 1000th anniversary of Hungary's Christianhistory. |
6-7 September | Pope John Paul II. visits Hungary. The Holy Father visited the Abbey of Pannonhalma and celebrates Mass in Győr. |
9-14 September | The catholic's, protestant's and ortodox churches religious leaders pray together for cristian's unity at the Exaltation of the saint's Cruis Days in the Abbey of Pannonhalma. Also will be organized the International Ecumanical Congress at Balatonkenese for handicap's. |
19-23 September | The 5th National Meeting of the Hungarian Catholic Charismatic renewal in Budapest Sport's Hall. |
23-24 September | Scientific Conference in Hotel Gellért of the 950° anniversary of St. Gellért's death. |
4-6 October | Conference in Győr in organization of the Abbey of Pannonhalma and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. |
6 October | Cardinal László Paskai, Primate of Hungary, celebrates Mass in the church Regnum Marianum that was building in the Zoborhegy square what church was distroid in 1951 by Mátyás Rákosi. |
6 October | Diocesan Council initiated in Eger. |
10-12 October | The 3th Meeting of Hungarian Catholic Family's Congress in Máriabesnyő (Hungary). |
15 October | The postulator of beatifcation case of Cardinal József Mindszenty, Primate of Hungary, father János Szőke send the official documentation of the case for the President of Mindszenty Association. |
18-20 October | The 3th Congress of the Catholic Intellectual Federation in Budapest. The Congress was greeted by pope John Paul II. |
24 October | Conference in the Arch-abbey of Pannonhalma in memoriam of denigration of 1944. It was present the President of Hungarian Republic Árpád Göncz who honored the nuncio apostolic Angelo Rotta for his activity. |
26 October | The Theological College Correspondent Departement was open in the Seminary's Istitute of Vác. |
8-9 November | Meeting of the Hungarian Catholic Jurnalist's Association. Title: the Church's conflict into the catholic Mass - Sincerity and delicacy. |
10-17 November | St. Martin's Commemoration in Szombathely (Hungary) and in Tours. |
13 November | Meeting Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Conference with civil organizations and presented the social circular. |
18 November | The Prime Minister Gyula Horn receives in Parlament the delegation leaders of the historical churches. |
20 November | The Minister of Finance receives the delegation leaders of the historical churches. The object of the meeting was the 1% of income-tass. |
4 December | The postulator archbishop György Jakubinyi of Gyulafehérvár sent the documentation to Rome for open the case of beatification of bishop Áron Márton. |
10-12 December | The winter's conference of the Hungarian Catholic Bishop's Conference. One of the subject was the situation of the Catholic Radio. |
