The first Catholics in the Bobruisk region appeared in the 16th century. After 1905, when freedom of religion was declared by the tsar, a beautiful red brick church in the Neo-Gothic style was built with funds collected by believers and donated. On the facade, decorated with a jagged shield and sharp pinoculars, a four-sided tower topped with a spire rose. The interior of the temple also had Gothic features: the pulpit, altars. The main altar image was the "Mother of God". The unusual color of the building was given by colored glass and a lot of metal products. Inside there were unusual wood carvings, mosaics and sculpting created by ancient craftsmen.
The church operated until 1935. Then the building was used for economic purposes. The temple was closed until 1941.
In 1921-1944, the priest was Felix Vylizhinsky. In 1938, he was arrested and imprisoned. The priest was released in July 1941 and continued his service in the church until his death in the autumn of 1944.
In 1946, the church was closed again. And soon the closed temple lost its tower, which decorated the facade of the building - an openwork pointed belfry, which gave it a special beauty. It survived during the Great Patriotic War, but was destroyed in 1968. The Roman Catholic Church in the post-war period was placed at the disposal of the Bobruisk City Executive Committee to house a regional museum in it (since 1944 the city has become a regional center). The church building housed traveling and permanent exhibitions.
Later, the temple was literally built into the modern five-storey administrative building of the construction trust No. 13. In 1955-1970, the faithful Catholics of Bobruisk were taken care of by the priest from Slutsk, Mechislav Malinich.
In October 1989, the authorities decided to return the church to the faithful, but they did it only in March 1990.
Fourteen sculptures are installed in the Bobruisk Church. They are made of bronze by Minsk sculptor Evgeny Dobrovolsky and reflect the way of Jesus Christ to Golgotha.
