Vác Cathedral, the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin and St Michael the Archangel, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vác in Hungary. The diocese was founded in 1004 under Stephen I. The first cathedral was built on the same site in 1074, and it was destroyed in the fourteenth century during the Mongol invasions. During the Ottoman occupation the last remnants of the wall collapsed, and some residue is still visible.
The present church is the fifth structure on the site. Construction began in 1761, and it was consecrated in 1772. It was completed in 1777.
In 1944 a Soviet bomb struck the dome but did not detonate. Parishioners regard this as a miracle.
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