Franciscans already had the friary of the Holy Madonna in the nearby town of Ljubuški built in the 15th century, which was destroyed by the Ottomans in the search for Bishop Daniel Vocatius in 1563.

After the end of the Morean War, the pastoral care of Ljubuški was taken by the Franciscans in Kreševo in 1700.

The parochial house was only a temporary solution since the Franciscans intended to build a new friary.

[3] The decision to build a friary was made in 1865, so the Franciscans bought the land from the Muslim landowners around the parochial house.

The Franciscans intended to transfer the novitiate and parts of their education system to the new friary.

Other ideas were to build this friary in Posušje, Brotnjo or Županjac, however, Humac was chosen as the location.

The old parochial house, that constituted part of the east wing, was ramshackle, so the Provincial Nikola Šimović ordered it to be demolished in 1894 and it was built completely anew in 1895.

[4] The Franciscans of the Humac friary pastor the area of the parishes of the deaneries of Ljubuški and Grude.