Santa Maria Immacolata all'Esquilino is a 20th-century parochial church and

titular church In the Catholic Church, a titular church is a church in Rome that is assigned to a member of the clergy who is created a cardinal. These are Catholic churches in the city, within the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Rome, that serve as honorary de ...

on the

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, dedicated to

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History

Santa Maria Immacolata all'Esquilino was built in 1896–1914 in the

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

style for the Friars of Charity (Frati della Carità, ''Bigi''). The ''Bigi'' broke up in 1973. In 2017, the church was purchased by the

Society of Saint Pius X The Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) ( la, Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii X; FSSPX) is an international fraternity of traditionalist Catholic priests founded in 1970 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, a leading traditionalist voice at the Sec ...

. On 28 June 2018, it was made a

to be held by a

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. ;Cardinal-Protectors *

Konrad Krajewski (Mercy) , coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Konrad Krajewski (Cardinal).svg , ordination = 11 June 1988 , ordained_by = Władysław Ziółek , consecration = 17 September 2013 , consecrated_by = Giuseppe Bertello , cardinal = 28 June 2018 , c ...

(2018–present)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maria Immacolata all'Esquilino Titular churches Roman Catholic churches completed in 1914 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Churches of Rome (rione Esquilino) Buildings and structures of the Society of Saint Pius X Gothic Revival church buildings in Italy