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

Katowice

Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...

, Silesian Voivodship, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. It is dedicated to Saint Stephen

Saint Stephen

Saint Stephen The Protomartyr , the protomartyr of Christianity, is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox Churches....

 and located at 50°16′9"N 19°2′17"E on Leopold Markiefki street.

Ludwik Skowronek initiated the building of new church in the Bogucice

Bogucice

Bogucice is a district of Katowice, in Poland. The village was probably founded in the 13th century once the first mention of Bogucice dates from 15 December 1360, included in a document of Nicolaus II, Opole-Raciborz Duke, who bestowed the town and some other villages on Otton of Pilica...

 neighbourhood. It was finished by 1894 and on October 25 of the same year consecrated by cardinal

Cardinal (Catholicism)

A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...

 Georga Koppa. In 1994 the church was painted. At its 100th birthday, all former priests visited the church. In July 2006 the Calvari altar was renovated.