Historical outline
The village lay about 10.5 kilometres south of Monasterzysk. News on the history of Puzhniki, which was also called "Puźniki", is extremely poor. Late owners include the Shawlovskis (late 19th and early 20th centuries) and later the Świdrygiełło-Swiderskis (from the end of the Partition period until World War II).

Pużniki was initially subordinated to the parish of Barysh. At the end of the 19th century, efforts began to establish a parish expatriate in the village. This was successful and the construction of a religious building began shortly afterwards. The chapel, which had been functioning on the site since 1880, was in very poor condition and was in danger of collapsing. However, it was decided to improve its condition and expand it by adding several elements. Among other things, the side chapels were added, creating a cross-shaped ground plan. The author of the extension project was Father Zoeller. It was approved by the engineer Kotkowski from Stryj.

Since 1906 the Apostolic School established by the Salesians had been operating at the parish. It was a kind of lower seminary. A few years later, however, the institution was moved to Dębowiec for structural reasons. In 1912, an exposition was established in Pużniki, which was given the status of a parish in 1925.

The following were active in the village: The Association of the Living Rosary, the Catholic Male and Female Youth Associations, the Pontifical Work for the Propagation of the Faith, the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament and the Confraternity of Our Lady of Saletina, the Reconciler of Sinners, founded by the Salesians.

On the eve of World War II, active efforts to build a new church began, but the global conflict interrupted the project. On the night of 13 to 14 II 1945, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army committed an act of genocide against the inhabitants of the village. Those who survived left for Lower Silesia. In 1949 the buildings were razed to the ground. The church was demolished in 1954.

Architecture
The building was located on a hill at the northern end of the village. It was a wooden building, but with a brick chancel. It consisted of a nave measuring 10 x 12 metres and an additional bay adjacent to the altar area, which was flanked by two chapels. The chancel itself was 5 metres long and 5.6 metres wide. Like the chapels, it was closed in sections. In addition, two vestry annexes were placed next to the chancel. There was an annex at the front. A porch was placed in the middle and two towers were placed on the sides. The porch had a floor and was topped with a triangular gable.

The roofs on the building were covered with shingles. There was a gable roof over the nave. Above the chapels, there was a similarly gable roof. The towers were covered with tent roofs. At the ridge of the nave roof there was a little bell tower. Next to the church was a brick bell tower with four bells.

As Tomasz Zaucha writes in his study of the building, the church in Pużniki was a modest building, not following the main axis of architectural development.