The church of Saint Joseph in Katowice is located a few kilometers from the city center, in the district of Załęże. This impressive, neo-Gothic church was designed by famous architect Ludwik Schneider. The building was erected between 1898 and 1900, but an independent parish was separated two years earlier. The residents of Załęże, shocked by the catastrophe in the mine "Kleofas" in 1896, dedicated to Saint Joseph, the patron of good death.