PHOTOS: President Novák recognises Transylvanian Bishop Kató with Hungarian Order of Merit
President Katalin Novák recognised Reformed Bishop Béla Kató, of the Reformed Diocese of Transylvania, the head of the board of the Sapientia Foundation, with the Hungarian Order of Merit, Grand Cross, civil division, at the presidential palace on Friday.
In his laudation at the ceremony, Bishop Zoltán Balog referred to Kató as “a guideline to Catholics and Protestants, to all Christian communities seeking to preserve their Hungarian identity.”
The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, House Speaker László Kövér, and Gergely Gulyás, the head of the PM’s Office.
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