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

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, Silesian Voivodship,

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. It is dedicated to

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and located at on Leopold Markiefki street. Ludwik Skowronek initiated the building of new church in the Bogucice neighbourhood to replace St. Dorothea's church; it was finished by 1894 and on October 25 of the same year it was consecrated by

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Georg Kopp. The building was designed by the architect Paweł Jackisch. Slaskie Travel website, ''The Church of St Stephen in Katowice Bogucice''
/ref> In 1994 the church was painted. At its 100th birthday, all former priests visited the church. In July 2006 the Calvari altar was renovated.

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External links

Church official website
Churches completed in 1894 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Poland

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