The Holy Trinity Church (Romanian: Biserica Sfânta Treime) is a Roman Catholic church in the Ronaț district of Timișoara. It was built in 1928 for the Roman Catholic employees of the Romanian Railways from Ronat, then a colony of Mehala.[1] In fact, Ronaț was built near the railway, close to the station and the company's workplaces. In this church, every Sunday and holiday, a single Holy Liturgy is celebrated in the Hungarian, Romanian and German languages.[1]
| Holy Trinity Church | |
|---|---|
Biserica Sfânta Treime | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Patron | Holy Trinity |
| Year consecrated | 1964 |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | 13 Cireșului Street, Timișoara |
| Geographic coordinates | 45°45′13″N 21°11′05″E / 45.7536216°N 21.1847504°E |
| Architecture | |
| Groundbreaking | 1946 |
| Completed | 1964 |
During the Allied bombings in the morning of 3 July 1944, the church was hit by six bombs that destroyed it completely; only the altar remained standing.[2] For this reason, liturgies were held for a while in a private house in the area, owned by teacher Hermine Muschung, the by the Marosan family. The reconstruction works began in 1946, under the parish priest Georg Wetzl from Iosefin.[3] In 1948, Bishop Augustin Pacha obtained help from the Apostolic Nunciature, worth 50,000 lei, for the restoration of the church in Ronaț.[2] However, the works were stopped after the installation of the atheist communist regime. It would only be finished in 1964. The consecration service was officiated by Monsignor Konrad Kernweiss, Ordinarius Substitutus of the Diocese of Timișoara.[2] In the 1980s, the church was painted by Paul Veres, an artist who grew up in Ronaț.
References
edit- ^ a b "Timișoara :: Biserica Catolică Ronaț". Biserici.org.
- ^ a b c Both, Ștefan (27 February 2017). "Biserica din Timișoara bombardată de aviația britanică în 1944. Șase proiectile au căzut pe lăcașul de cult". Adevărul.
- ^ Călin, Claudiu (21 February 2007). "Biserici Romano-Catolice existente azi pe teritoriul orașului Timișoara" (PDF). Banaterra. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-26.