Church of St. Mary of the Perpetual Assistance, Ternopil

The Church of St. Mary of the Perpetual Assistance located in Tarnopol, Eastern Galicia (now

Ternopil Ternópil ( uk, Тернопіль, Ternopil' ; pl, Tarnopol; yi, טאַרנאָפּל, Tarnopl, or ; he, טארנופול (טַרְנוֹפּוֹל), Tarnopol; german: Tarnopol) is a city in the west of Ukraine. Administratively, Terno ...

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), was a church located in the city's centre which functioned as the parish church of Ternopil's

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community. The church was built by the Latin Deacon of Ternopil and local rector, prelate Bolesław Twardowski, in the years 1903–1908, as a parish church for the city. The design of the

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church was made by Teodor Talowski. It was one of his alternative projects for the Church of St. Elizabeth in

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. As a result of World War II, the city was annexed by the

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. The local Polish Catholic population was transferred or expelled in line with the new Polish frontier. The local Soviet authorities decided to demolish the church, and on their orders it was blown up in 1954. Later, a department store was erected on the site. 1908 establishments in Austria-Hungary Buildings and structures demolished in 1954 Churches in Ternopil Demolished churches in Ukraine Gothic Revival church buildings in Ukraine Shrines to the Virgin Mary Polish diaspora in Europe Roman Catholic churches in Ukraine Roman Catholic churches completed in 1908 {{Ukraine-RC-church-stub