On 1 November 1974 the parish was established by Cardinal
Ugo Poletti and entrusted to the
Minorites. The church was designed by Francesco Paolo Riccobene and consecrated on 19 May 1999 by Cardinal
Camillo Ruini. In 2018,
Pope Francis declared it a
titular church and assigned it to
Joseph Coutts,
Archbishop of Karachi. ==Cardinal-Priests==