1951
2006. július 4., kedd 12:55
| 18 May | State Church Office is set up. |
| June | The State Church Office appoints commissioners in everydiocese to ensure the realisation of government policy on the Church.Beginning of June Arrest of József Grósz,Archbishop of Kalocsa, and eight others. He is replaced by GyulaCzapik, Archbishop of Eger, as president of the bishops' conference. |
| 3July | Decree stating that main Church posts (archbishop, bishop,assistant bishop, abbot, provincial) can only be filled with thepreliminary agreement of the Presidential Council. |
| 3 July | The bishops' conference issues a statement declaringits "solidarity" with the Acts of the People's Republic and itsagreement with the "Priests' Peace Movement". |
| 21 July | Bishops, assistant bishops etc. take an oath inParliament on the Constitution of the Hungarian People's. Republic;except for Imre Kisberk, assistant bishop ofSzékesfehérvár. |
| 28 July | Supreme Court sentences Archbishop Grósz to15 years imprisonment, his associates to 8-13 years. |
| July-August | Commissioners of the State Church Office appointso-called "peace priests" (see above 1 August 1950) to be vicars andsecretaries in the dioceses. |
| 7 August | The bishops' conference decides to give ail Churchlands to the state by 1 September. |
| 4 September | Ecclesia co-operative has its first meeting. During theyear Regnum Marianum parish church is pulled down beside theVárosliget to make room for state festivals. |
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