On 25 January 1902, local businessman Iacob Marian donated his entire fortune to the Diocesan Consistory of Arad in order to build a parish church in the Iosefin district.

[1]: 4 The first parish priest, elected following a competition organized on 22 July 1927, was Ioan Imbroane, a teacher of religion at Carmen Sylva High School,[2]: 151  currently a pedagogical college.

[4]: 19  Another donation, of 100,000 lei left by will by the lawyer Cornel Nicoară, member of the parish synod, is received for the construction of the church in 1931.

[3] The actual construction begins on 8 September 1931, the consecration service on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone being done by the bishop of Arad, Grigorie Comșa,[1]: 8  and ends in 1936.

[1]: 9  The iconostasis, the chandelier and the tomb of the Lord, in the style of the baptistery from Curtea de Argeș, were carved from lime wood by Ștefan Gajo.