List of Antoinist temples

This is a list of temples built by Antoinism, a new religious movement founded in the early 20th century in Belgium, presented by country and in chronological order. A temple is a building in which the worship is performed by the antoinist clergy twice per day, at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., except on Friday and Saturday, with few differences in France and in Belgium. All the buildings belong to the "Antoinist Worship" association, but one of them in Belgium is connected to the asbl "Les Disciples de Père et de Mère Antoine". There are currently 64 temples worldwide: 32 in Belgium, 31 in France and one in Monaco.

Historically, most of antoinist temples in Belgium were built before the World War II, when at least one of the founders was still alive. The first temple, the one of Jemeppe-sur-Meuse, was consecrated two years before the death of Louis Antoine, the founder of the religion. Other temples were often built in Belgian spa towns or in the countryside, and are mostly gathered in the French-speaking region — there are only three temples located in the Flanders region — and particularly in the province of Liège which counts 21 buildings. However, no temple has been built since 1968 and the antoinism spreading is now on the decline in the country, so much so that several places of worship are being unused because of a lack of clergy members. One of them — the temple in Tournai — was even sold in 2001.[1]

By contrast, the constructions of the temples in France has been continued until 1993. The first place of worship was consecrated in 1913 in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. At present, there is an antoinist temple in the majority of main cities in France, although most of them are located in the north of Paris, especially in the Nord department where five temples are operating.[1]

All the temples are built with anonymous donations or patronage.[1]

Temples in Belgium

Photos Details[2][3][4][5]
  • Location: 2 rue Rousseau, Jemeppe-sur-Meuse
  • Coordinates: 50°37′09″N 5°29′44″E / 50.619165°N 5.495524°E / 50.619165; 5.495524
  • Dedication: 15 August 1910, by Louis Antoine
  • Architectural style: Art Nouveau
  • Notes: Worldwide centre of the Antoinist worship
  • Location: 145 rue Brondé, Verviers/Stembert
  • Coordinates: 50°36′07″N 5°54′13″E / 50.601872°N 5.903735°E / 50.601872; 5.903735
  • Dedication: 10 September 1911, by Louis Antoine
  • Architectural style: Eclecticism
  • Notes: Currently unused for the worship
  • Location: 414 chaussée de Hannut, Grâce-Hollogne/Bierset
  • Coordinates: 50°39′11″N 5°26′52″E / 50.653134°N 5.447717°E / 50.653134; 5.447717
  • Dedication: October 1912, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Eclecticism
  • Location: 30 rue de l'Avenir, Courcelles/Souvret
  • Coordinates: 50°26′31″N 4°20′54″E / 50.442065°N 4.348311°E / 50.442065; 4.348311
  • Dedication: 22 September 1913, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Neo-Romanesque, Eclecticism
  • Location: 5 rue Jehay, Villers-le-Bouillet
  • Coordinates: 50°33′42″N 5°16′57″E / 50.56165°N 5.282364°E / 50.56165; 5.282364
  • Dedication: 29 March 1914, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Eclecticism, Art Nouveau, Neo-Romanesque
  • Notes: Currently unused for the worship
  • Location: 8 chaussée de Braine-le-Comte, Écaussinnes
  • Coordinates: 50°34′02″N 4°09′08″E / 50.567157°N 4.152274°E / 50.567157; 4.152274
  • Dedication: 19 April 1914, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Gothic Revival
  • Location: 1 rue des Jardins, Verviers
  • Coordinates: 50°35′47″N 5°51′31″E / 50.596287°N 5.858631°E / 50.596287; 5.858631
  • Dedication: 12 July 1914, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Art Nouveau, Classicism
  • Location: 2 rue de Tavier, Seraing
  • Coordinates: 50°35′43″N 5°30′33″E / 50.595388°N 5.509043°E / 50.595388; 5.509043
  • Dedication: 10 October 1915, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Art Nouveau, Neo-Romananesque
  • Location: 14 rue Lenoir, Remicourt/Momalle
  • Coordinates: 50°41′23″N 5°22′01″E / 50.689661°N 5.36695°E / 50.689661; 5.36695
  • Dedication: 25 December 1915, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Eclecticism
  • Location: 23 allée Verte, Visé
  • Coordinates: 50°44′09″N 5°40′32″E / 50.735749°N 5.675683°E / 50.735749; 5.675683
  • Dedication: 23 April 1916, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Neo-Romanesque, Eclecticism
  • Location: 132 boulevard Guillaume Van Healen, Forest (Brussels)
  • Coordinates: 50°49′24″N 4°19′53″E / 50.823424°N 4.331317°E / 50.823424; 4.331317
  • Dedication: 6 August 1916, by Catherine
  • Architect: Charles Rifflart
  • Architectural style: Romanesque, Byzantine
  • Notes: Currently unused for the worship
  • Location: 17 hors Château, Liège
  • Coordinates: 50°38′52″N 5°34′42″E / 50.647746°N 5.578351°E / 50.647746; 5.578351
  • Dedication: 14 October 1917, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Art Nouveau
  • Location: 81 rue Émile Tilman, Herstal
  • Coordinates: 50°40′15″N 5°38′05″E / 50.670762°N 5.634656°E / 50.670762; 5.634656
  • Dedication: November 1917, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Art Nouveau, Eclecticism
  • Location: 150 rue Charlemagne, Liège/Jupille
  • Coordinates: 50°38′39″N 5°37′37″E / 50.644263°N 5.626888°E / 50.644263; 5.626888
  • Dedication: August 1918, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Art Nouveau
  • Notes: Used as School of New Spiritualism
  • Location: 140 rue Jules Destrée, Charleroi/Jumet-Gohissart
  • Coordinates: 50°26′05″N 4°25′23″E / 50.43463°N 4.423027°E / 50.43463; 4.423027
  • Dedication: 20 April 1919, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Neo-Romanesque
  • Notes: Currently unused for the worship
  • Location: 69 rue Malvis, Saint-Nicolas/Montegnée
  • Coordinates: 50°38′33″N 5°30′40″E / 50.642412°N 5.510974°E / 50.642412; 5.510974
  • Dedication: 12 October 1919, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Art Nouveau, Art Déco
  • Location: 501 chaussée de Brunehaut, Herstal/Vottem
  • Coordinates: 50°41′13″N 5°34′27″E / 50.686861°N 5.574102°E / 50.686861; 5.574102
  • Dedication: 27 July 1923, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Art Nouveau
  • Location: 22 rue de France, Huy
  • Coordinates: 50°31′24″N 5°14′44″E / 50.523277°N 5.245585°E / 50.523277; 5.245585
  • Dedication: 30 September 1923, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Neo-Romanesque
  • Location: 53 avenue Henri Monjoie, Waremme
  • Coordinates: 50°41′58″N 5°15′36″E / 50.699366°N 5.259962°E / 50.699366; 5.259962
  • Dedication: 14 December 1924, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Art Nouveau
  • Location: 29 rue Jacques Rayé, Schaerbeek (Brussels)
  • Coordinates: 50°52′13″N 4°22′58″E / 50.870193°N 4.382687°E / 50.870193; 4.382687
  • Dedication: 2 August 1925, by the Second Representative of the Father
  • Architectural style: Neo-Romanticism
  • Location: 111 route de Havelange, Ohey/Evelette
  • Coordinates: 50°24′26″N 5°10′39″E / 50.407314°N 5.177608°E / 50.407314; 5.177608
  • Dedication: 31 October 1926, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Neo-Romanticism
  • Notes: Currently unused for the worship
  • Location: 32 Yernée-Fraineux, Nandrin
  • Coordinates: 50°31′51″N 5°22′32″E / 50.530698°N 5.375576°E / 50.530698; 5.375576
  • Dedication: 25 June 1927, by Catherine
  • Architectural style:
  • Location: 18 Frans De Ceusterlei, Schoten
  • Coordinates: 51°14′54″N 4°27′42″E / 51.248459°N 4.461651°E / 51.248459; 4.461651
  • Dedication: 20 October 1929, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Gothic Revival
  • Notes: Currently unused for the worship
  • Location: 29 rue Jean Schinler, Sprimont
  • Coordinates: 50°29′57″N 5°40′12″E / 50.499125°N 5.669889°E / 50.499125; 5.669889
  • Dedication: 15 December 1929, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Gothic Revival
  • Location: 2 rue du Père Antoine, Spa
  • Coordinates: 50°29′22″N 5°52′13″E / 50.489405°N 5.870218°E / 50.489405; 5.870218
  • Dedication: 28 June 1931, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Neo-Romanesque
  • Location: 21 rue Georges Hubin, Wanze/Moha
  • Coordinates: 50°33′13″N 5°11′11″E / 50.55358°N 5.186405°E / 50.55358; 5.186405
  • Dedication: 4 October 1931, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Gothic Revival
  • Location: 33 rue de l'Olive, La Louvière
  • Coordinates: 50°28′15″N 4°11′18″E / 50.470945°N 4.188366°E / 50.470945; 4.188366
  • Dedication: 1933, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Neo-Romanesque
  • Location: 71 quai des Ardennes, Liège/Angleur
  • Coordinates: 50°37′06″N 5°35′38″E / 50.618457°N 5.593972°E / 50.618457; 5.593972
  • Dedication: 9 June 1935, by Sister Deregnaucourt
  • Architectural style: Gothic Revival
  • Location: 11 rue de la Borgnette, Tournai
  • Coordinates: 50°37′19″N 3°22′15″E / 50.622024°N 3.3707°E / 50.622024; 3.3707
  • Dedication: October 1938, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Art Déco
  • Notes: Sold in 2001
  • Location: 143 avenue du Général de Gaulle, Mons
  • Coordinates: 50°26′31″N 3°56′46″E / 50.441846°N 3.946195°E / 50.441846; 3.946195
  • Dedication: 30 September 1956
  • Architectural style: Neo-Romanesque
  • Location: 14 rue de la Briqueterie, Fléron/Retinne
  • Coordinates: 50°37′31″N 5°41′57″E / 50.625168°N 5.699201°E / 50.625168; 5.699201
  • Dedication: 10 November 1968, a delegate from the College of desservants in the Name of the Father
  • Architectural style: Gothic Revival
  • Notes: Does not belong to the Antoinist worship, but to the ASBL "Les Disciples de Père et de Mère Antoine"

Temples in France

Photos Details[3][4][5][6][7]
  • Location: 34 rue Vergniaud, 13th arrondissement of Paris
  • Coordinates: 48°49′39″N 2°20′43″E / 48.827591°N 2.345388°E / 48.827591; 2.345388
  • Dedication: 26 October 1913, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Neo-Romanesque, Eclecticism
  • Architect: Julien Flegenheimer
  • Location: 48 boulevard du Jardin Exotique, Monaco
  • Coordinates: 43°44′03″N 7°24′51″E / 43.73405°N 7.414269°E / 43.73405; 7.414269
  • Dedication: 14 December 1913, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Neo-Romanesque
  • Notes: Only temple in Monaco
  • Location: 7 rue Bargoing, Vichy, Allier
  • Coordinates: 46°07′13″N 3°25′51″E / 46.120325°N 3.430953°E / 46.120325; 3.430953
  • Dedication: 5 September 1920, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Romanesque art
  • Location: 75 rue d'Amboise, Tours, Indre-et-Loire
  • Coordinates: 47°22′57″N 0°41′14″E / 47.382399°N 0.687311°E / 47.382399; 0.687311
  • Dedication: 21 August 1921, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Neo-Romanesque
  • Location: 25 rue du Dr Ollier, Villeurbanne, Rhône
  • Coordinates: 45°46′04″N 4°52′59″E / 45.767897°N 4.882929°E / 45.767897; 4.882929
  • Dedication: 22 or 27 August 1921, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Art Nouveau, Eclecticism
  • Location: 13 rue de Denain, Caudry, Nord
  • Coordinates: 50°07′24″N 3°25′00″E / 50.123261°N 3.416555°E / 50.123261; 3.416555
  • Dedication: 1 October 1922, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Neo-Romanesque
  • Location: 6 rue du Tour de Ville, Vervins, Aisne
  • Coordinates: 49°50′11″N 3°54′45″E / 49.836349°N 3.912635°E / 49.836349; 3.912635
  • Dedication: 5 September or 22–28 October 1923, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Romanesque art
  • Architect: Alexandre Duchesne[8]
  • Notes: Included in the General Inventory of Cultural Heritage[8]
  • Location: 3 chemin Saint Exupéry, Aix-les-Bains, Savoie
  • Coordinates: 45°41′06″N 5°54′52″E / 45.685002°N 5.914528°E / 45.685002; 5.914528
  • Dedication: 24 August 1924, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Romanesque art
  • Notes: Included in the General Inventory of Cultural Heritage[9]
  • Location: 91 rue de la Paix, Orange, Vaucluse
  • Coordinates: 44°08′08″N 4°49′00″E / 44.135481°N 4.816677°E / 44.135481; 4.816677
  • Dedication: 19 September 1926, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Romanesque art
  • Location: 49, rue du Pré-Saint-Gervais, 19th arrondissement of Paris
  • Coordinates: 48°52′50″N 2°23′51″E / 48.880691°N 2.397637°E / 48.880691; 2.397637
  • Dedication: 22 July 1928, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Art Déco
  • Notes: Is also the headquarters of Antoinist worship for France and Monaco
  • Location: 11 rue de la Constitution de Septembre 1791, Nantes, Loire Atlantique
  • Coordinates: 47°12′22″N 1°35′19″W / 47.206064°N 1.588705°W / 47.206064; -1.588705
  • Dedication: 10 November 1929, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Neo-Romanesque
  • Location: 13 rue du Docteur Thomas, Reims, Maine-et-Loire
  • Coordinates: 49°15′56″N 4°01′36″E / 49.265648°N 4.026607°E / 49.265648; 4.026607
  • Dedication: 28 September 1930, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Neo-Romanesque, Gothic Revival
  • Location: 2 avenue de l'Assomption, Nice, Alpes Maritimes
  • Coordinates: 43°43′16″N 7°15′38″E / 43.721017°N 7.260514°E / 43.721017; 7.260514
  • Dedication: 15 October 1931, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Neo-Romanesque, Gothic Revival
  • Location: 4 rue de Madagascar, Valenciennes, Nord
  • Coordinates: 50°21′15″N 3°29′39″E / 50.354278°N 3.4942°E / 50.354278; 3.4942
  • Dedication: 7 August 1932, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Gothic Revival
  • Location: 14 rue Caussidière, Saint-Étienne, Loire
  • Coordinates: 45°27′25″N 4°22′35″E / 45.456819°N 4.376292°E / 45.456819; 4.376292
  • Dedication: 12 May 1935, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Neo-Romanesque
  • Location: 68 rue de Varsovie, Tourcoing, Nord
  • Coordinates: 50°44′05″N 3°09′58″E / 50.734859°N 3.166112°E / 50.734859; 3.166112
  • Dedication: 12 December 1937, by Catherine
  • Architectural style: Art Déco
  • Location: 43 rue Raspail, Croix, Nord
  • Coordinates: 50°41′23″N 3°09′02″E / 50.689824°N 3.150533°E / 50.689824; 3.150533
  • Dedication: 20 July 1941, by a delegate of the College of Desservants in the Name of the Father
  • Architectural style: Art Déco
  • Location: 23 boulevard Montebello, Lille, Nord
  • Coordinates: 50°37′30″N 3°02′30″E / 50.625053°N 3.041582°E / 50.625053; 3.041582
  • Dedication: 10 November 1946, by a delegate of the College of Desservants in the Name of the Father
  • Architectural style: Art Déco
  • Location: 3 rue de Dreux, Évreux, Eure
  • Coordinates: 49°01′01″N 1°09′33″E / 49.017031°N 1.159272°E / 49.017031; 1.159272
  • Dedication: 12 December 1948, by a delegate of the College of Desservants in the Name of the Father
  • Architectural style: Gothic Revival
  • Cost: 5,500,000 francs
  • Location: 145 boulevard Jean Jaurès, Rouen, Seine Maritime
  • Coordinates: 49°27′17″N 1°03′31″E / 49.454596°N 1.058636°E / 49.454596; 1.058636
  • Dedication: 8 October 1950, by a delegate of the College of Desservants in the Name of the Father
  • Architectural style: Gothic Revival
  • Cost: 3,900,000 francs
  • Location: 4 rue Anne de Ticheville, Bernay, Eure
  • Coordinates: 49°05′31″N 0°35′30″E / 49.091883°N 0.591674°E / 49.091883; 0.591674
  • Dedication: 16 September 1951, by a delegate of the College of Desservants in the Name of the Father
  • Architectural style: Neo-Romanesque
  • Cost: 4,000,000 francs
  • Location: 79 rue Saint-Sauveur, Cherbourg-Octeville, Manche
  • Coordinates: 49°37′56″N 1°37′45″W / 49.632312°N 1.629152°W / 49.632312; -1.629152
  • Dedication: 13 July 1952, by a delegate of the College of Desservants in the Name of the Father
  • Architectural style: Romanesque art
  • Location: 10 passage Roux, 17th arrondissement of Paris
  • Coordinates: 48°52′59″N 2°17′51″E / 48.883034°N 2.29743°E / 48.883034; 2.29743
  • Dedication: 27 March 1955, by a delegate of the College of Desservants in the Name of the Father
  • Architectural style: Art Déco
  • Location: 7 rue des Juifs, Orléans, Loiret
  • Coordinates: 47°54′13″N 1°55′01″E / 47.903484°N 1.916814°E / 47.903484; 1.916814
  • Dedication: 26 May 1957, by a delegate of the College of Desservants in the Name of the Father
  • Architectural style: Neo-Romanesque, Gothic Revival
  • Location: 32 traverse de Tiboulen, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône
  • Coordinates: 43°14′42″N 5°22′29″E / 43.244968°N 5.37461°E / 43.244968; 5.37461
  • Dedication: 18 October 1959, by a delegate of the College of Desservants in the Name of the Father
  • Architectural style: Neo-Romanesque
  • Location: 3 rue de la Convention, Roanne, Loire
  • Coordinates: 46°01′26″N 4°04′03″E / 46.023966°N 4.06757°E / 46.023966; 4.06757
  • Dedication: 1 October 1961, by a delegate of the College of Desservants in the Name of the Father
  • Architectural style: Art Déco
  • Location: 42 rue de Goya, Bordeaux, Gironde
  • Coordinates: 44°50′44″N 0°35′14″W / 44.845418°N 0.587168°W / 44.845418; -0.587168
  • Dedication: 25 October 1964, by a delegate of the College of Desservants in the Name of the Father
  • Architectural style: Art Déco
  • Location: 48 rue des Coquilles, Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines
  • Coordinates: 48°59′53″N 1°42′22″E / 48.998015°N 1.706228°E / 48.998015; 1.706228
  • Dedication: 5 June 1966, by a delegate of the College of Desservants in the Name of the Father
  • Architectural style: Art Déco
  • Location: 50 avenue de Bellevue, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, Yvelines
  • Coordinates: 48°59′35″N 2°06′30″E / 48.993087°N 2.108302°E / 48.993087; 2.108302
  • Dedication: 7 October 1984, by a delegate of the College of Desservants in the Name of the Father
  • Architectural style: Neo-Romanesque
  • Location: 50 rue Philippe-Auguste Rase, Saulnes, Meurthe-et-Moselle
  • Coordinates: 49°31′48″N 5°49′00″E / 49.529944°N 5.816746°E / 49.529944; 5.816746
  • Dedication: 13 July 1986, by a delegate of the College of Desservants of France
  • Architectural style: Neo-Romanesque
  • Location: 6 chemin des bœufs, Cormelles-le-Royal, Calvados
  • Coordinates:
  • Dedication: 1991, by a delegate of the College of Desservants in the Name of the Father
  • Architectural style: Romanesque art
  • Location: 12 rue de Cherbourg, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne
  • Coordinates: 43°35′35″N 1°25′47″E / 43.593027°N 1.429628°E / 43.593027; 1.429628
  • Dedication: 1993, by a delegate of the College of Desservants in the Name of the Father
  • Architectural style: Eclecticism

Bibliography

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Dericquebourg 1993, pp. 134, 135, 170, 171.
  2. ^ Dericquebourg 1993, pp. 136, 167.
  3. ^ a b "Louis Antoine et l'antoinisme: 1910-2010" (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2011. (photos, history, architecture, press articles, etc., about antoinist temples. See the list of the temples on the left, click on one of them for more details)
  4. ^ a b Debouxhtay, Pierre (1934). Antoine le guérisseur et l'Antoinisme (in French). Liège: Fernand Gothier. (the book provides details about existing temples until its edition)
  5. ^ a b L'Unitif (in French). Paris: Culte antoiniste: 4. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ Dericquebourg 1993, pp. 137, 168.
  7. ^ Chéry, Henri-Charles (1954). L'Offensive des sectes (in French). Paris: Cerf. pp. 261–65.
  8. ^ a b Base Mérimée: Temple d'antoinistes, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  9. ^ "Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel — Rhône-Alpes, Savoie — Aix-les-Bains, Plaine de Marlioz, Saint-Exupéry (chemin) 3 — Temple du culte antoiniste" (in French). Inventaire du patrimoine architectural et urbain d'Aix-les-Bains. Retrieved 25 June 2011.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Antoinism.
  • (in French) Culteantoiniste.com, list of temples
  • (in French) Antoinisme.org, photos, history, architecture, press articles, etc., about antoinist temples (see the list of the temples on the left, click on one of them for more details)