The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary () also called Varaždin Cathedral It is a Catholic church located in Varaždin, Croatia. The church is from 1997, the cathedral of the Diocese of Varaždin.

Varazdin Cathedral was built in Baroque style between 1642 and 1646 by the Jesuit order. The bell tower was built in 1676, the sacristy was completed in 1726. After the abolition of the Jesuit order in 1773, the church passes to the Paulines. Later, the church was secularized in 1788 and converted into a barn for military purposes. In 1797 he was re-consecrated as a church.

Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Varaždin

By the Bull "Clarorum sanctorum" of 5 July 1997 the Pope John Paul II created the new diocese of Varaždin that transformed the church into a cathedral.

Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Varaždin

See also

List of Jesuit sites

Roman Catholicism in Croatia

References

Roman Catholic cathedrals in Croatia

Buildings and structures in Varaždin

Roman Catholic churches completed in 1646

Cathedral

17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Croatia

Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Varaždin