In 1765, the Catholic community of Timișoara built the Baroque Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Piața Vârful cu Dor near the beer factory.

[2] With the industrial growth in the Fabric district, the number of resident Catholics also increased, so that over time the old parish church proved to be too small.

The committee had a double leadership: a religious leader, the senior abbot Anton Vudy, and a lay president, Carol Telbisz, the mayor of Timișoara.

[3] The plans for the Millennium Church were drawn up by the Budapest architect Ludwig von Ybl [hu],[4] and the work was carried out by the local builder Josef Kremer.

The main altarpiece is the work of the artist György Vastagh and depicts the Blessed Virgin Mary, the protectress of Hungary.

[9] The interior of the church was painted by Bernard Menzer with motifs from the Secession period, but also with various scenes or images of saints.

One of them, depicting St. Louis, was donated by the architect Ludwig von Ybl, for which it even wears his noble coast of arms.

The statue was brought here from its previous location in the courtyard of the Iosefin Roman Catholic Church (since 1932) after a three-month renovation by the restorer Ion Oprescu.