Parafia Niepokalanego Poczęcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Iławie w XIX i I poł. XX w.

Kamień węgielny pod nowy obiekt sakralny w Iławie został położony 27 czerwca 1858 r., a jego poświęcenie – 31 maja 1860 r. Iławską placówkę duszpasterską podniesiono do rangi parai 24 grudnia 1860 r. Dwa lata później erygowano we wspomnianej miejscowości prywatną szkołę katolicką. Dom paraalny wybudowano w latach 1866‒1867. Kościół w stylu modernistycznym wzniesiono w latach 1931‒1933. W 1861 r. mieszkało w Iławie 241 katolików, natomiast w 1879 r. do parai należało 840 osób. Na początku lat trzydziestych XX w. w parai mieszkało 2,4 tys. katolików. W 1877 r. kapitał erekcyjny parai wynosił 4 531,61 marek, natomiast tzw. kapitał proboszczowski – 11 506,30 marek.

In the middle of the 19th century, a large part of the soldiers deployed in Iława came from Catholic regions of Germany. Catholic services for them were celebrated by a military chaplain. From 1856, the rector of Radomno celebrated Masses in Iława eight times a year in a rented room. The foundation stone of the new religious building was laid on 27th June 1858, and it was consecrated on 31st May 1860. The pastoral institution in Iława, which belonged to the Bishopric of Culm, was upgraded to a parish on 24th December 1860. Two years later, in the said town, a Catholic school was erected, which initially educated 33 children. The new parish house was built in the years 1866‒1867. Projects of a new temple were created in July 1914, but the First World War made it impossible to carry out the investment. The plans of building a new church were reconsidered in the second half of the 1920s. The church in the modernist style was erected in the years 1931‒1933. In 1861, 241 Catholics lived in Iława, whereas in 1879, 940 people belonged to the said parish. In 1902, the number of worshippers increased to 1534, and at the beginning of the 1930s, 2400 Catholics lived in the parish. In 1877, the foundation capital of the parish amounted to 4 531.61 marks, and the so-called rector’s capital – 11 506.30 marks.