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Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel de Grenay Church dans le Pas-de-Calais

Pas-de-Calais

Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel de Grenay Church

    49 Rue François Beaucamp
    62160 Grenay
HUOT Jean-Louis

Timeline

Moyen Âge central
Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1300
1700
1800
1900
2000
1254
Initial construction
1753-1755
Reconstruction and enlargement
1781
Gift of a bell
1878
Change of word
1914-1918
Destruction during the war
Années 1920
Reconstruction by Maurice Duhem
1er mars 1925
Church dedication
1927
Installation of the Cavaillé-Coll organ
Octobre 1938
Inauguration of the Neo-Gothic Chair
Début XXe siècle
Neo-Roman construction
2014
Restoration of the organ
2016
Restoration of stained glass windows
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Key figures

Guillaume du Saulchoy - Lord and baili of Grenay Offered a bell in 1781.
Abbé Joseph Maës - Curé and initiator of reconstruction Fits to build the church in the 20th century.
Maurice Duhem - Architect Reconstructed the church in the 1920s.
Camille Lenclos - Craft sculptor Realized the neo-Gothic chair in 1938.
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll - Organ factor Installed the organ in 1927.

Origin and history

The church of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel de Grenay, located in the Pas-de-Calais, came into being in the 13th century with a first construction in 1254. Reconstructed and enlarged in 1753-1755 under the name of Saint Maclou, it then depended on the parish of Bully. In 1781, the seigneur Guillaume du Saulchoy, bailli de Grenay, offered a bell to the building. In 1878, the church was placed under the current name of Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel, marking a change in his devotion.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Abbé Joseph Maës initiated the construction of a new neo-Roman-style church, destroyed during the First World War. Rebuilt in the 1920s by architect Maurice Duhem, it blends the interior neo-roman and neo-gothic styles. The church was dedicated in 1925, in the presence of Abbé Maës, and enriched in 1938 by a neo-Gothic chair by Camille Lenclos.

The stained glass windows, created by the Maison Champigneulle de Nancy, illustrate religious and historical scenes, such as the baptism of Clovis or the Sacre de Charlemagne. The organ, installed by Cavaillé-Coll in 1927 and restored in 2014, as well as the path of cross of Beau workshops, complete a remarkable artistic heritage. Every year, a procession for the Assumption starts from the cave of Notre-Dame de Lourdes, near the presbytery.

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