The text mentions an old chapel built by Anna Staal, cared for by the Franciscans. The chapel was placed under the administration of the priests of Smile and consecrated in 1791, and was later cared for by Fr Hieroteusz Lisiniecki, and then, after his death, by Maciej Męciński. The chapel burnt down in 1837 and was rebuilt by Fr Ilnicki. The church as such was completed in 1861 (Source: Tygodnik Illustrowany, Warsaw 1868, Series 2, T:2, p. 188, after: University of Łódź Digital Library).

A modernised reading of the text.

The parish church in Zlotopol.

Giving an outline of une church situated on the very border of the Kherson steppe, in an area that is cheerful, open, but already characterised by a strongly Ukrainian expression, we include a brief mention of its origins. Already eighty years ago, there was a chapel in Zlatopol built by Anna Staal, the wife of Gustav Staal, the plenipotentiary of the Turanian key. The Franciscan priests had constant care of the temple and performed religious services there until 1795. With the foundation of the parish in Smile, a town several dozen versts away from Zlatopol, the Zlatopol chapel was placed under the administration of the Smile parish priests. It was consecrated in 1791, and in 1795 the Kyiv consistory appointed to it a basilian priest, Hieronim Lisiniecki, who remained under the supervision of the śmilanski pastor and died after two years. It stood on the same spot where the parish church is today, without a wrapping, covered with shingles and had no funds. From 1806 onwards, Father Maciej Męcinski, a Franciscan friar, took up permanent residence in the parish and left a dear reminder in the hearts of the parishioners. The first chapel was, as we said, poorly built. It was a square 18 cubits long and eight cubits wide, with a single turret above the altar. No additional buildings, not even a dwelling, were attached to it. The continuous efforts of the noble priest maintained it from alms. During his administration, a census of the Catholic population of the parish was taken for the first time in 1807, which indicated the number of male parishioners at 307. At the same time, the metrical books were kept and the clerical correspondence was opened in the prescribed order. These improvements resulted in the Zlatopol chapel being ranked as a parish church. A second cemetery was established during Fr Męcinski's lifetime (before that, everyone was buried by the chapel), and soon he himself was laid to rest in this cemetery, and in 1810, at the expense of a citizen of Cherkasy district, František Zaleski, a new brick church was built. After Fr Męcinski, Fr Lukasz Unicki took over the administration of the church and ruled it until 1845. And to this priest the church owes its perfect order and care. In 1818, the number of parishioners was already 800, but the church had neither land nor hay: the only fund was in money. The year 1837 was disastrous for the parish, as all the church buildings were burnt down by fire and only one parish priest's house remained. Father Ilnicki rebuilt it all and, having moved to live in the Kamenets diocese, he soon died there. After him, Fr Wincenty Klossowicz performed parish duties for four months; then Fr Victor Godleski took his place and ruled as administrator for two years and a half. Rev. Narcyz Lewicki followed after 1848 and ruled until August 1854. Finally, the church came under the administration of Antoni Jaworowski. This noble and truly honourable priest was distinguished by the fact that he brought the temple and all the church buildings into order. The parish was enlarged and already counted 1500 parishioners, so the church of Zaleski's foundation proved too small. H.W. Bishop Borowski, visiting the church in 1856, proposed enlarging the building. Thanks to the sympathy that was found for these words, when all the parishioners declared their readiness to donate, the local parish priest made a plan, took care of the preparation of materials and zealously collected contributions. The church in its present state was completed on 16 July 1861 and benedicted at the time of the indulgenced feast. Only the presbytery and the dome remain from the original construction. Its ceiling is supported by eight columns. Inside, it has three altars: a high altar with the name of the Immaculate Conception of the N. Mary Immaculate Conception; the second with the image of N. Mary of Czestochowa in a silver robe; the third under the name of St Francis Xavier. The paintings adorning the shrine are all by Konstantin Barshchevsky, an artist from Kamenets-Podilskyi.