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Patrimoine & Culture
Église Saint-Charles
📍 Bar-le-Duc, Meuse
· 16 rue de la Chapelle, 55000 Bar-le-Duc
À propos
In 1937, Monseigneur Charles Eugène Aimond purchased a plot of land on the Chemin des Vaux to build a chapel and calvary. At the time, the Marbot suburb was part of the Saint-Jean parish.
The chapel, with its 28-meter-long nave, features eight stained-glass windows and a rose window above the entrance door. The work was carried out by Bichaton et Cie of Bar-le-Duc, to plans drawn up by Mgr Aimond. Mgr Charles Ginisty, Bishop of Verdun, blessed the chapel on Thursday November 3, 1938. In March 1950, Mgr Aimond, then vicar-general of the diocese, applied for a building permit to extend the chapel on route de Maëstricht (architect: Delangle firm, Verdun): this involved extending the chapel by around 7 meters, with the addition of a bay window with stained glass on each side. The extended chapel was blessed on Sunday November 12, 1950 by Bishop Georges Petit. On August 6, 1961, the Marbot chapel became the parish church of Saint-Charles. The 250-seat church gave its name to the rue de la Chapelle and the place de la Chapelle.
By 1962, Marbot had grown, and the church was once again too small. Mgr Aimond planned to extend the church onto the land behind it, but he died in June 1968 without seeing it. Construction of the church extension and bell tower began in November 1968. The structural work was entrusted to Toletti-frères of Bar-le-Duc.
On December 21, 1969, Saint-Charles Church was consecrated by Mgr Pierre Boillon, Bishop of Verdun. On April 29, 1983, 4 bells from the Bollée foundry in Saint-Jean-de-Braye were christened for the new bell tower: Marbotine, Marie, Charlotte and Pensée de Bar. Saint-Charles church, built after the law of separation of Church and State of December 9, 1905, has long been maintained by the parish?s Association d?Éducation Populaire.
The Verdun diocese decided to close the church and put it up for sale.
Today, the chapel is home to an evangelical Christian church
The chapel, with its 28-meter-long nave, features eight stained-glass windows and a rose window above the entrance door. The work was carried out by Bichaton et Cie of Bar-le-Duc, to plans drawn up by Mgr Aimond. Mgr Charles Ginisty, Bishop of Verdun, blessed the chapel on Thursday November 3, 1938. In March 1950, Mgr Aimond, then vicar-general of the diocese, applied for a building permit to extend the chapel on route de Maëstricht (architect: Delangle firm, Verdun): this involved extending the chapel by around 7 meters, with the addition of a bay window with stained glass on each side. The extended chapel was blessed on Sunday November 12, 1950 by Bishop Georges Petit. On August 6, 1961, the Marbot chapel became the parish church of Saint-Charles. The 250-seat church gave its name to the rue de la Chapelle and the place de la Chapelle.
By 1962, Marbot had grown, and the church was once again too small. Mgr Aimond planned to extend the church onto the land behind it, but he died in June 1968 without seeing it. Construction of the church extension and bell tower began in November 1968. The structural work was entrusted to Toletti-frères of Bar-le-Duc.
On December 21, 1969, Saint-Charles Church was consecrated by Mgr Pierre Boillon, Bishop of Verdun. On April 29, 1983, 4 bells from the Bollée foundry in Saint-Jean-de-Braye were christened for the new bell tower: Marbotine, Marie, Charlotte and Pensée de Bar. Saint-Charles church, built after the law of separation of Church and State of December 9, 1905, has long been maintained by the parish?s Association d?Éducation Populaire.
The Verdun diocese decided to close the church and put it up for sale.
Today, the chapel is home to an evangelical Christian church
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