Co-Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua | |
Other Name: | Páduai Szent Antal-társszékesegyház |
Location: | Békéscsaba |
Country: | Hungary |
Denomination: | Roman Catholic Church |
The Co-Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua [1] (Hungarian: Páduai Szent Antal-társszékesegyház) also called Békéscsaba Cathedral is the name given to a religious building located in the city of Békéscsaba, in the European country of Hungary,[2] which was built in 1910 with a neo-Gothic style.
The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and since 2010 serves as the Co-Cathedral or alternate cathedral of the Diocese of Szeged-Csanád. It is the second largest church in the city after a Protestant church. Its tower reaches 61 meters high.
It is under the pastoral responsibility of the bishop László Kiss-Rigó. It was dedicated to St. Anthony of Lisbon was a priest of the Franciscan Order, Portuguese preacher and theologian, venerated as a saint and Doctor of the Church by Catholicism.