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]

St Paul's Church
Crkva svetog apostola Pavla
St Paul's Church
45°23′35″N 19°13′41″E
LocationBač,  Vojvodina
Country Serbia
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
DedicationSaint Paul
Architecture
StyleNeoclassicism
Years built1773-1780[1]
Administration
ArchdioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Subotica

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