Church of the Holy Virgin Mary of Lourdes

The Holy Virgin Mary of Lourdes, Kraków
Location	Kraków
Country	Poland
Denomination	Catholic Church
Website	Parish homepage
History
Founder(s)	Cardinal Albin Dunajewski
Consecrated	July 16, 1894
Architecture
Architect(s)	Stefan Żołdani
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	June 25, 1892
Completed	1894
Specifications
Materials	Brick

The Church of the Holy Virgin Mary of Lourdes (Polish: Kościół Najświętszej Maryi Panny z Lourdes w Krakowie) is a Roman Catholic church in Kraków, Poland, dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes. It was founded by the Lazarists, and built in 1892–1894 at ul. Misjonarska 37 street in the district of Krowodrza. It has been a parish church since 1923. In interwar Poland, a polyphonic choir was established by the congregation in 1932. The Mariański Choir has attracted international acclaim for a number of years.

The corner-stone for the construction of the church was laid on June 25, 1892, although the first Congregation of the Mission already existed in nearby Stradom district in the second half of the 17th century, augmented by the Missionary house built at Kleparz in 1861 with the Seminary founded in 1878. The red-brick church, designed by architect Stefan Żołdani in the Gothic Revival style, was completed in two years under the direction of Cardinal Albin Dunajewski.

The parish was founded on January 1, 1923. Two more parishes were established further apart in Communist Poland. The church was upgraded and repainted several times. Side-altars were added and the presbytery was enlarged. The figure of Our Lady of Lourdes featured at the main altar, and carved in wood, is an exact copy of the Mother of God from the Grotto of Apparitions at Lourdes in south-western France, a major place of Roman Catholic pilgrimage and miraculous healings visited by John Paul II in August 2004.

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