Bialystok Cathedral

The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary additionally known as Bialystok Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral within the town of Bialystok in Poland. The 3-nave church is 90 meters long and might accommodate 9,500 worshipers. The towers reach 72.5 meters high. It is the main church of the Archdiocese of Bialystok and acquired the repute of basilica in 1985 by way of choice of Pope John Paul II. The predecessor of the prevailing cathedral was a Renaissance church changed into built between 1617 and 1626.

In the overdue 19th century, the wide variety of parishioners had grown to 12,000 humans, even as the old church changed into only room for 1,000 worshipers. The Catholics beneath Czarist Russia have been no longer allowed to construct a brand new church. However, permission become obtained to boom the old parish church. In 1900, he began next to the antique church building a neo-Gothic church, designed by means of Jozef Pius Dziekonski. On 17 September 1905, the church turned into consecrated by the Bishop of Vilnius. Between 1996 and 2004 the church turned into restored.