Old Cathedral

The Old Cathedral also called the Church of Ignatius or the Jesuit Church is a church in Linz, Austria. It become built between 1669 and 1683 in Baroque style. From 1785 to 1909 it served as cathedral of the Diocese of Linz. The Jesuits constructed the church between 1669 and 1683 following plans through Pietro Francesco Carlone. It become erected close to the former Jesuits' College on the south end of the Hauptplatz. The church turned into firstly referred to as the Church of Ignatius and changed into devoted to Saint Ignatius of Loyola, who founded the Jesuit Order. The Jesuit.

Order turned into dissolved in 1773 via Pope Clement XIII. The Diocese of Linz and St. Polten von Passau turned into efficiently based in 1783 by using a decree of the Emperor Joseph II 1741 to 90 with out advance approval from Rome. The emperor appointed the bishop and distinctive the previous Jesuit church because the cathedral. The diocese turned into formally installed with the aid of a papal certificate of 28 January 1785.