St Paul's Church, Bač
St Paul's Church (Serbo-Croatian: Crkva svetog apostola Pavla) is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Bač in Vojvodina, Serbia. The church was designed by Oswald Gáspár, architect of Czech origin and the building was constructed between 1773 and 1780.[1] Local parish was important regional centre before the Ottoman conquest of medieval Hungary.[2] Following the Great Turkish War parish was renewed in 1688 and in 1766 Archbishop Bátyany appointed himself as the parish priest.[2] He later funded the building of the new church at his own expense.[2] The majority of the parishioners as well as 14 out of 17 pastors until 2023 were of Šokci community with smaller groups of Catholic Hungarians, Germans and Slovaks.[2]
References
- ^ a b "RIMOKATOLIČKA CRKVA SVETOG APOSTOLA PAVLA - Bač". Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Proslavljena 250. obljetnica župne crkve Sv. Pavla u Baču". Hrvatska riječ. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.