Historical outline
Pohorce was first mentioned as early as the 14th century, when Casimir the Great granted the estate to Andrzej Czaplic. Later owners include Stanisław of Chodecz, brothers Stanisław and Jan Korytek, who purchased the village as early as in the 15th century and it remained in their hands until the end of the 16th century. Pohorce belonged to the Morawskis and the Dzieduszyckis.

For a very long time the village belonged to the parish of Tuliglovy. At the beginning of the 20th century an exposition was established there, and in the 1920s an independent parish was created, which also included Čajkowice, Ostrów Nowy and Podolce within the Rudačky decanate. Pohorce had its own chapel as early as the beginning of the 17th century, but its later fate is unknown. According to Jan K. Ostrowski in his study of the building, a brick chapel dedicated to the Holy Family was built in the village in 1896, and it was this chapel that initially served as the village church. However, it proved to be too small and modest for the needs of the Pohorce people, so in the 1930s an initiative was taken to build a full-fledged church building.

The motives for such an action were not dictated solely by aesthetics. It was first and foremost about strengthening national identity and creating a sense of strength and unity. For the times were uncertain and, in addition, it had been just over a decade since independence. Perhaps this is why Lawrence Dayczak, one of the most eminent architects of the time, was hired for the project. The consecration took place in 1937, actually on the eve of the Second World War. The church was closed in 1947. In 1989, the local community regained the building, which, after years of deterioration, was soon thoroughly renovated.

Architecture
The building is located in the centre of the village, next to the road. The church was built on the plan of a cross. It consists of a four-bay nave and a single-bay chancel, which is closed with a trilateral. The shallow arms of the transept extend from the middle bay of the nave. In the corners between the chancel and the transept arms are two rectangular annexes housing the sacristy and the vault. The nave section is preceded by a rectangular tower with a vestibule and staircases on the sides. Its upper part was separated by a cornice. The top part of the tower is decorated with a cupola composed of colonnades on two storeys. The gable itself is crowned by a spire with a cross. The facades of the other parts are framed by a plinth at the bottom and a profiled cornice at the top. In addition, attention is drawn to the buttresses characteristic of Dayczak's designs.

The presbytery has a barrel vault with lunettes. The arms of the transept have cross vaults, as does the nave, with the exception of the western bay, which is covered by a barrel vault with lunettes. The windows in almost the entire building, which is typical of the Neo-Gothic, are rectangular and closed with pointed arches. The exceptions are the narrow rectangular windows in the staircases of the tower. The music choir is located in the east bay of the nave, but communicates with the tower floor.

The building is covered by a multi-pitched roof. The openwork bell turret was built on a square plan.

In his study of the building, Jan K. Ostrowski writes: "The church in Pohorce, designed by Wawrzyniec Dayczak, is a work characteristic of this architect, which combines a traditional, Gothic-influenced solution of the plan and mass with a modernist styling of the details. The closest analogy is the church in Kosina near Przeworsk, built by Dayczak in 1935-1938 (...)'.