The William Fraknow Prize recipients continue the activities carried out by churches in the past in the areas of science and culture in the workshops that have given rise to today’s scientific life, said the Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office responsible for Church Affairs and Policy. Race relations at an awards ceremony in Budapest on Tuesday.
Miklós Soltić presented the awards on behalf of Zsolt Semjen, Minister Responsible for National Policy, Nationality Policy, Church Policy and Church Diplomacy and Deputy Prime Minister.
Miklós Soltić praised the award recipients and thanked them for their outstanding commitment and sincere professional work.
The Vilmos Fracnoy Prize was awarded to literary historian László Sziljsti-Nagy, art historian Ildjko Baranjayni Konczyk, parish priest Zoltan Lukácsz, university teacher, historian, archivist and museologist Andor Lakatos.
László Szelestei Nagy received the award in recognition of his outstanding scholarly professional work, his role in professional supervision of church collections, and his pioneering work in establishing schools as creator of the Spiritual History Workshop and then the Baroque Literature and Spirituality Research Group.
In recognition of the distinguished professional activities carried out by Ildikó Baranyainé Kontsek in numerous institutions, as well as his work as a theoretical and practical teacher of church art.
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According to his reputation, among other things, the organization and professional supervision of many cultural events are associated with his name. The priority of his service was the preparation for the papal visit in 2021 and 2023, the care, preparation and restoration of liturgical objects used in papal ceremonies, and their preservation during and after the events.
Zoltan Lukácsz received the award in recognition of his tireless work and exemplary pastoral service in the fields of literature, religion and history.
Andor Lakatos received the award in recognition of his professional archival work, as well as his activity in searching for previously unknown but important from the point of view of church history, archival sources, and his service to the community.
His eulogy said that in his work as an archivist, he had been meeting regularly with family researchers for over 25 years, focusing his professional activity on exploring and displaying record sources and local history for the church archives.
The Vilmos Fracnoy Prize was first presented in 2000, in memory of the church historian Vilmos Fracnoy (1843-1924), who was General Secretary of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences from 1879 and Vice-President of the Academy from 1889 to 1892.
Vilmos Fracnoy worked on several topics of medieval Hungarian history, primarily ecclesiastical and diplomatic history, and in 1878 he became canon of Nagyvarad, titular abbot of Szekszard in 1879, and titular bishop of Arby in 1892.
