The very first mention of a church dates back to the year 998, when Count Dirk II left a sum of money to Egmond Abbey to have a new church built at Schagen . In 1415 Schagen obtained city rights and in 1460 the construction of the rebuilt church there was completed. This church was decorated with statues of saints and the pillars were painted with Latin inscriptions. At the Reformation, this church passed to the Protestants, and the remaining Catholics had to rely on private homes and shelter churches. In 1708, a small shelter church was established on the Hogezijde, which was enlarged in the mid-19th century, but eventually became too small.
On Sunday, May 10, 1881, the old church was closed for services, and on September 20 that year the first pile for the present church was driven. Two years later, on Sunday, October 21, 1883, the new church was consecrated by Bishop C.J.M. Bottemanne, bishop of Haarlem. Three old bells were hung in the new church and the budget for the organ was Dfl. 200. The organ had 6.5 stops and came from the seminary of Hageveld. Seven years later it was replaced by a harmonium.
