| Osjećka konkatedralu ordered the construction of the then Bishop of Djakovo and Srijem, Strossmayer. It was in 1866. gave the first impetus for the construction of new churches. Then, where the church was Gornjogradska parish church from 1732. that has become too small and plain church for new buildings in Osijek. Patron of the parish, the city of Osijek, 1870. found a way of getting money to build a new church. However, this process was very slow until the arrival of the new parish priest Joseph Horvat. After his arrival process was accelerated, and in 1892. Call for proposals for the draft. At the contest he won the German architect Franz Langenberg. 1894th old church was torn down, and then began construction of the present Con-Cathedral, a magnificent neo-Gothic structure with a tower 90 meters high and three ships. The total area of the church is 1062 m2. [1] 1898th The church's exterior was completed, and the interior decoration continued. Two years later (1900.) Dedication of the present church was conducted by Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer.
During the Homeland War, 1991. year concathedral was more than 100 times directly affected by the missiles. However, during the war in the Con-Cathedral were performed worship. To 18 June 2008. This year's concathedral was only parish church. Peter and Paul in Osijek, popularly called the "cathedral", but the establishment of the Osijek-Đakovačko archdiocese, the church received the dignity concathedral. |