In 1884, the first Roman Catholic church 'The Last Supper' was built in Rostov-on-Don, located at the old cemetery and consecrated in honor of Saint Stanislaus. By 1898, the parish had three thousand members. In addition to the church, a priest's house and a primary Catholic school building were also constructed.
The first priest of the church was Adam Gutowski. In 1896, the teaching staff of the school included priest Leonard Francovich Dolongovsky, who taught the Law of God, and teacher Emilia Afanasyevna Zhukovskaya, who taught other subjects. After Dolongovsky, the priests were Alexander Joseph Stang and Ioann Lyang. In 1900, a Roman Catholic charitable society was established in the neighboring school building to assist needy Catholics.
After the revolution, during the Soviet era, the Catholic parish, like many others, faced persecution but managed to survive until the 1950s. After World War II, there was intense pressure on the priest and parishioners, and soon the community began to be expelled from the church. In 1952, the church 'The Last Supper' was finally closed and subsequently destroyed.
In 1958-1959, a six-story residential building was constructed on the site of the destroyed church, with the first floor housing an exhibition hall of the Artists' Union. To this day, only the building of the Catholic school remains, on which a memorial plaque was installed a few years ago. The parish was reestablished in 1992 and in September 2004 received a new building for the church 'The Last Supper.'
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