It is the only Roman Catholic church building in Agder county in Southern Norway.

In addition to church services in Norwegian, it has a Mass in English every Sunday afternoon at 6 p.m.[1] In 1890, the Catholic church in Kristiansand was established and the German Wilhelm Hartmann from Münster was the first pastor.

Just after the church's founding, the Sisters of St. Joseph came to town and bought a property next to the rectory.

Initially, the growing of number of church members was slow.

However, the situation is completely different today, because the church is experiencing a strong growth, mainly because the relocation of Catholics of foreign origin have risen sharply.