The Saint Joseph's Church ( fi, Pyhän Joosefin kirkko) It is a religious building located in
Kuopio
Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cult ...
, a town in
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
, which is affiliated with the Catholic Church and was dedicated to
St. Joseph
Joseph (; el, Ἰωσήφ, translit=Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. The Gospels also name some brothers ...
.
The church was originally built as a Lutheran church. It was built between 1912 and 1913. The chapel was inaugurated as a church in 1945 when the clock tower was acquired. The church was modified in the 1960s and more recently in 2002, when they returned to make some changes.
The Männistö Lutheran parish approved the sale to the Catholic Church in June 2013. The building was consecrated as a Catholic church, on May 3, 2014.
See also
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Roman Catholicism in Finland
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St. Henry's Cathedral
St. Henry's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Helsinki, Finland, dedicated to Bishop Henrik, a 12th-century Roman Catholic Bishop of Turku, Finland. It is the Cathedral Church of the Catholic Diocese of Helsinki. In terms of membership, t ...
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Buildings and structures in Kuopio
Churches completed in 1912
Roman Catholic churches completed in 2014
21st-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Finland
20th-century churches in Finland
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