The Franciscan order settled in Veszprém in 1681. The foundation stone was laid down in 1723, and the building material included stones from the demolished parts of the medieval cathedral.
The church burnt down in a great fire in 1909, along with a number of buildings in the western side of the castle, and the church tower collapsed - it was rebuilt in 1912 in neo-Romanesque style, along with the façade. The building was restored in 1938 and most recently in 2012.
The church's sacristy has a gilded door with a depiction of the Emmaus Supper. On the left side of the triumphal arch, next to the pulpit, stands the altar of St. Francis, of Italian origin, brought over from the Franciscan monastery in Budapest, and on the right side there is an altar of St. Anthony. The vaults were painted by Ferenc Xavér Bucher between 1798 and 1801.
