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St. Stephen Roman Catholic Parish Church

St. Stephen Roman Catholic Parish Church
Katolische Kirche
Galaxydave, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
church
Current function:
church
Church:
Roman Catholic
Settlement:
Nagyszalonta, Salonta
Address:
Strada Republicii
Historical Hungarian county:
Bihar
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.8023369839, 21.6575304386
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History

A parish was founded late, in 1880, for the small Catholic community of the town, mainly inhabited by Calvinists. The Catholic population only grew in the second half of the 19th century. It previously belonged to the parish of Mezőbikács. Its church was built after 1875.

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