Christ the King Church, Gothenburg


The Christ the King Church is the name given to a religious building that is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church and serves as the parish church belonging to the Catholic Diocese of Stockholm in Sweden. Is located at 14 Parkgatan, in the city of Gothenburg.
The parish was founded in 1862 and is the oldest of the three parishes of Gothenburg. Initially it consisted of fifty faithful. Three years later, the parish had its own initially Gothic church dedicated to St. Joseph.
In 1928 as the community grew, the parish bought land for a new church, school and rectory. On October 31, 1937 The first stone was laid for the construction of the church on the feast of Christ the King, and October 2, 1938 his first Mass was celebrated.
In 1961, he had about three thousand faithful. In the late 1990s, the parish had more than seven thousand people of different nationalities, thus offering Masses in different languages.