St. Stephen's Church (Katowice)

The Kościół św. Szczepana or ''Saint Stephen's Church'' is a

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * C ...

in Katowice,

Silesian Voivodship Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province ( pl, województwo śląskie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia ('), with Katowice serving as its capital. Despite the Silesian V ...

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. It is dedicated to

Saint Stephen Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ''Stéphanos'', meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", often given as a title rather than as a name; c. 5 – c. 34 AD) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first ...

and located at on Leopold Markiefki street. Ludwik Skowronek initiated the building of new church in the

Bogucice Bogucice (german: Bogutschütz) is a district of Katowice, in Poland. It has an area of 2.78 km2 and in 2007 had 16,538 inhabitants. The most eminent piece of architecture in Bogucice is the neo-gothic St. Stephen the Martyr's church, whic ...

neighbourhood. It was finished by 1894 and on October 25 of the same year consecrated by cardinal Georg Kopp. In 1994 the church was painted. At its 100th birthday, all former priests visited the church. In July 2006 the Calvari altar was renovated. Churches completed in 1894 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Poland

Stephen Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; ...

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