The Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family, also called Częstochowa Cathedral, stands on Krakowska Street in Częstochowa. It is a Roman Catholic church of the Latin rite. Konstanty Wojciechowski designed it in the Neo-Gothic style. It was built on an old cemetery, and the sources date the construction to 1825 to 1898 and also to 1901 to 1927.
The church has three naves and is one of the largest of its kind in Europe. Its facade faces north, opposite John Paul II Square, which was formerly Cathedral Square.
The Chapel of Our Lady of Częstochowa contains a crypt of local bishops. The church became the cathedral of the Częstochowa diocese in 1925. In 1992 it became the metropolitan church of the ecclesiastical province of Częstochowa.
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