Construction took place between 1864 and 1868 on the central city square, on the spot where the former Catholic church used to stand.
The Roman Catholic cathedral is dedicated to St. John of Nepomuk, patron saint of all bridges and rivers. It is a three-nave building in the Neo-Romanesque style, the work of the architect Stevan Đorđević. It was made to the measure of the city itself and its citizens: the sound of its bells could reach the remote parts of Bečkerek. The interior was created by Jožef Gojgner, a local artist, using Biblical motifs as well as ready-made models by the French artist Gustave Doré. The cathedral has its original organ of 1905.