The Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral () also called Gliwice Cathedral is the name given to a Catholic church that serves as the cathedral of

Gliwice Gliwice (; , ) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (a tributary of the Oder River, Oder). It lies approximately 25 km west from Katowice, the regional capital ...

, in the central district of this city of

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.Rocznik Muzeum w Gliwicach, tom IX: 1993, Józef Bonczol, Katedra pw. Świętych Apostołów Piotra i Pawła w Gliwicach, str. 215-243 The church was built between 1896 and 1900 and was initially a subsidiary of the parish church of All Saints. In 1908 the parish of St. Peter and Paul was erected, and its first parish priest was Monsignor Józef Jagło. Its bells were confiscated in 1917 during the

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. Between 1934 and 1936 it was renovated and repaired. In January 1945 he suffered by the Soviet bombardment of German positions during

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, damages would be repaired soon after (1945–1946). Local authorities renewed the structure for the last time in 2009. In 1992,

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005. In his you ...

erected the Diocese of Gliwice, and the parish church of St. Peter and Paul was elevated to the dignity of the cathedral.

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