In 1886, the senior abbot Vudy Antal initiated the formation of a committee in charge with the construction of the church, committee which also had the full support of the major representatives of the free city of Timisoara. The committee had a double leadership: a religious leader, the senior abbot Vudy Antal, and a lay president, Dr. Telbisz Károly, the mayor of Timisoara.

The foundation stone was laid on 4 October 1896 by the archbishop of Cenad, Dessewffy Sándor.

The church was designed by the architect Ybl Lajos and the construction work was carried out by Kremer Jozsef.

The neo-romanesque construction was begun in 1896 and was finished in 1901, the church being consecrated on 13 October 1901.