Church of the Most Holy Names of Jesus and Mary in Katowice

The Church of the Most Holy Names of Jesus and Mary stands at ulica Jana Przyklinga 12 in the Załęska Hałda-Brynów district of Katowice. It is a single-nave brick church, built in the 1950s to a design by Karol Gierlotka.

History of the parish and the church

In December 1951 Fr Paweł Lubos became the first pastor of the newly created pastoral outpost. The church was blessed by Bishop Herbert Bednorz on 24 December 1957. The bell tower with three bells, St Adalbert, St Barbara and St Francis, was added in 1996. In 1999 the church received an organ built by the firm of Marcussen & Søn in 1883, moved from a Lutheran church in Hamburg-Steinbek.

Practical information

• Address: ulica Jana Przyklinga 12, Katowice.
• This is an active parish church. Service times and the possibility of viewing the interior are given by the parish, so check them before your visit.
• Nearby lies Zadole Park, about two and a half kilometres in a straight line.