Saint Anthony of Padua Parish Church, Catholic parish church in Bosnyák Square, Budapest, Hungary
Saint Anthony of Padua Parish Church, known as "Bosi", stands at 7 Bosnyák tér in Zugló and is Budapest's second-largest church, with a floor area of 1,620 square metres. Gyula Rimanóczy senior designed it in a modernised Neo-Romanesque style, built 1941–1946 beside the 1923 temporary church. The tower, finished only in 2013–14, rises 54.5 metres to the cross tip and is clad in Üröm quartz stone.
A temporary church built on Bosnyák tér in 1923 was demolished because its bauxite-concrete structure did not last. The present church, designed by Gyula Rimanóczy senior in a modernised Neo-Romanesque style, was built beside it between 1941 and 1946. Its tower was only partly finished at the 1946 consecration; the 32-metre tower top with its 9-tonne spire was added in 2013–14. In 1980 auxiliary bishop István Bagi consecrated the new altar.
The church is commonly called "Bosi", after Bosnyák tér. Béla Kontuly's frescoes in the sanctuary, dated 1961, show scenes from the life of Saint Anthony of Padua. A wooden statue of the saint stands to the right of the entrance, and a large 14-station Way of the Cross in half-relief runs along the right side of the nave.
The church stands at Bosnyák tér 7 in Zugló, on the square's edge, and its entrance is reached from the square itself. Inside, 550 seats and 120 standing places serve larger services. The tower was only completed in 2013–14, so the building long stood without its full height.
The tower stood unfinished at the 1946 consecration; its 9-tonne spire, 22.65 metres tall with the cross, was lifted into place on 21 January 2014, bringing the tower to 54.5 metres. Four bells moved in that September, the new ones cast by Miklós Gombos and blessed by auxiliary bishop János Székely.
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