Saint Peter church in Krynica Morska, Catholic church in Krynica Morska, Poland.
The Church of St. Peter the Apostle and St. Francis of Assisi is a Roman Catholic parish church in Krynica Morska, in the Elbląg diocese. It was built in 1938–1939 as a chapel for the Sisters of St. Catherine, and since 1974 it has served as an independent parish church.
Construction started in 1938 as a chapel for the Sisters of Saint Catherine and was completed in 1939 with support from Bishop Maximilian Kaller. The building gained its current status as an independent parish church in 1974.
The church was consecrated in 1939 as Our Lady, Star of the Sea, a title still echoed in its seaside setting. Since 1957 it has been run by Capuchin friars from the Warsaw province, and the monastic house was joined to the church by a 1963 decree of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński. The present double dedication to Saint Peter the Apostle and Saint Francis of Assisi dates from the parish's creation on 15 August 1974.
The church stands in Krynica Morska in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, within the coastal deanery of Stegna in the Elbląg diocese. It is a parish church, so it is best visited outside Mass times; the Capuchin friars who took over the building in 1957 still run the adjoining monastery house, connected to the church by a 1963 decree of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński.
The church was consecrated in 1939 under the title Our Lady, Star of the Sea, a name suited to the fishing village of Kahlberg it then served. Its present double dedication to Saint Peter the Apostle and Saint Francis of Assisi dates only from 15 August 1974, when Bishop Józef Drzazga of Warmia established an independent parish here.
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