It is located in the center of the town of Bjelovar, Croatia, on Eugen Kvaternik Square.

[1][2][3] In 1761 Czech brothers Hubert and Ignatius Admiring, members of the church order Piarists who have been raising children and adolescents, came to Bjelovar.

She was the patron saint of the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa, which founded Bjelovar in 1756.

One grenade hit the church and killed three women on September 29, 1991, during the armed conflict in Bjelovar between the Croatian Army and JNA.

On December 5, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI founded Diocese of Bjelovar-Križevci so the church became a cathedral.