In an announcement from Sándor Palace, President Tamás Sulyok will attend the funeral of Pope Francis in the Vatican on Saturday.
"With his presence, the president wishes to express Hungarians’ love and respect for the Holy Father," the statement said on Tuesday.
President Sulyok said that as a "messenger of hope and peace", Pope Francis had been committed to representing the protection of faith, humanity and the needy, and had shown "especially great love" to Hungarians.