Oratoire du Louvre

The Temple protestant de l'Oratoire du Louvre, also Église réformée de l'Oratoire du Louvre, is a historic Protestant church located at 145 rue Saint-Honoré – 160 rue de Rivoli in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, across the street from the Louvre. It was founded in 1611 by Pierre de Bérulle as the French branch of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri. It was made the royal chapel of the Louvre Palace by Louis XIII on December 23, 1623, and was host to the funerals of both Louis and Cardinal Richelieu. Work on the church was suspended in 1625 and not resumed until 1740, with the church completed in 1745.

Oratoire du Louvre
Temple protestant de l'Oratoire du Louvre
The facade of the church
Front of the church from rue Saint-Honoré
The location of l'Oratoire in the 1st arrondissement of Paris
The location of l'Oratoire in the 1st arrondissement of Paris
Oratoire du Louvre
The location of l'Oratoire within Paris
48°51′42.7″N 2°20′25.1″E
LocationParis
CountryFrance
DenominationUnited Protestant Church of France
Previous denominationReformed Church of France
ChurchmanshipLiberal[1]
Websiteoratoiredulouvre.fr
History
Former name(s)La congrégation de l'Oratoire de Jésus
Authorising papal bull1613
StatusParish church
FoundedNovember 1611
Founder(s)Pierre de Bérulle
ConsecratedJuly 12, 1750
EventsMade royal chapel of the Louvre Palace by Louis XIII (1623); suppressed during the French Revolution (1792); Protestant church (1811)
Associated peopleLouis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu, Anne of Austria, Paul-Henri Marron
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designation Monument Historique PA00085789[2]
Designated1907
Architect(s)Jacques Lemercier, Clément Métezeau, Pierre Caqué
Architectural typeChristian Church
StyleBaroque
Years built1621–1625, 1740–1745
GroundbreakingSeptember 22, 1621
Completed1745
Administration
SynodSynode régional d'Île-de-France
Clergy
Pastor(s)Agnès Adeline-Schaeffer
Béatrice Cléro-Mazire

It was suppressed in 1792 during the French Revolution, looted, stripped of its decor, and used to store theater sets. In 1811, it was given by Napoleon to the Protestant congregation of Saint-Louis-du-Louvre when that building was demolished to make way for the expansion of the Louvre.[3] A statue and monument of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, the great Huguenot leader of the 16th century, was built on the rue de Rivoli end of the church in 1889. It continues as one of the most prominent Reformed congregations in Paris, noted for its liberal theology.[4] The closest métro station is Louvre – Rivoli.

Prominent pastors

Pastors of the Oratoire du Louvre
  • Paul-Henri Marron 1811-1832
  • Jacques Antoine Rabaut-Pommier 1811-1816
  • Jean-Frédéric Mestrezat 1811-1807
  • Henri François Juillerat 1816-1867
  • Frédéric Monod 1819-1849
  • Athanase Josué Coquerel 1832-
  • Joseph Martin-Paschoud 1836-1866
  • Adolphe Monod 1847-1856
  • Matthieu Rouville 1850-
  • Auguste-Laurent Montandon 1860-1906
  • Numa Recolin 1882-1893
  • Auguste Decoppet 1882-1906
  • Ariste Viguié 1882-1891
  • Jules-Émile Roberty 1891-1925
  • Élisée Lacheret 1893-1902
  • Théodore Monod 1902-1906
  • John Viénot 1906-1932
  • Wilfred Monod 1907-1938
  • Paul Vergara 1922-1954
  • André-Numa Bertrand 1926-1946
  • Émile Guiraud 1933-1937
  • Gustave Vidal 1938-1960
  • Élie Lauriol 1946-1961
  • Pierre Ducros 1954-1968
  • René Château 1961-1978
  • Bernard Reymond
  • Laurent Gagnebin 1963-1965
  • Christian Mazel 1964-1988
  • André Pierredon
  • Jean-Michel Perrault 1995-2003
  • Pierre-Yves Ruff 1997-2001
  • Werner Burki 2003-2008
  • Florence Taubmann 2003-2007
  • Marc Pernot 2007-2017
  • James Woody 2009-2016
  • Richard Cadoux 2017-2018
  • Béatrice Cléro-Mazire 2018-présent
  • Agnès Adeline-Schaeffer 2019-présent

References

  1. "Bienvenue". L'Église Protestante Réformée de l'Oratoire du Louvre à Paris. Archived from the original on 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  2. Base Mérimée: Temple de l'Oratoire du Louvre (ancienne chapelle du couvent de l'Oratoire), Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  3. "The Temple de l'Oratoire". Musée protestant. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  4. "L'histoire de l'Oratoire". l'Oratoire du Louvre. Archived from the original on 2016-03-20. Retrieved 2015-04-14.

Sources

Braunstein, Philippe (2011). L'Oratoire du Louvre et les protestants parisiens. Paris: Labor et Fides. ISBN 978-2830914320.
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