The National Centre of Catholic Collections, as a central organization of the Hungarian Episcopal Conference, is active in the field of museums, libraries, and archives. It urges and promotes the further education of workers at Catholic collections, and it summarises reports on the functions of the ecclesiastical collections. The Centre provides for the continuous and systematic registration of Hungarian church artwork, and it organizes the central registry of the collections and make suggestions concerning the distribution of financial assistance from the state for the dioceses.