Co-Cathedral of St. Peter, Split, co-cathedral in Split, Croatia

The Co-Cathedral of St. Peter is a contemporary church building featuring clean lines, bright white walls, and expansive windows that flood the interior with natural light. The structure combines simple geometry with functional spaces designed to accommodate worship services and religious ceremonies of various sizes.

Archbishop Frane Franić began building the church in December 1979; the foundation stone, brought from the early Croatian church of St. Peter in Solin, was blessed in 1980. The pastoral centre was blessed in 1983, and on 11 May 1987 the Holy See raised the church to co-cathedral, with dedication following on 27 July. Communist authorities reduced its size and forbade a planned 70-metre bell tower.

The residential part of the complex holds the Chapel of the Wounded Madonna, named for the old statue of the Virgin damaged when the earlier St. Peter's church was bombed in 1944. Its feast is kept on 23 January. The archbishops Frane Franić and Ante Jurić are buried in the crypt.

The church stands in Split's Mertojak area, in the northern part of the city, and is reached by city bus; the parish covers about 20,000 residents. The 70-metre bell tower planned for the site was never built, so the low exterior is easy to miss from the street. Look for the entrance to the residential part of the complex, where the Chapel of the Wounded Our Lady is kept.

The building was constructed using stones from the ancient church in Salona, creating a material link between distant historical periods and contemporary times. This reuse of historic materials gives the modern structure an unexpected connection to the region's distant past.