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Origin and history

The Protestant temple of Dieppe was installed in the former Carmelite convent, built between 1735 and 1745 after the destruction of the first convent in 1694. This building, originally Catholic religious, was desecrated during the French Revolution. In 1834, the chapel was entrusted to the Protestant community, which had used it as a place of worship since 1835. Shared with the Anglicans until 1873, he then became exclusively reformed (Calvinist).

The city of Dieppe, open to humanist ideas from the Renaissance, quickly adopted the Protestant Reformation. As early as 1557, a Protestant church was erected there, and the church of Saint James was transformed into a temple between 1562 and 1563. The revocation of the edict of Nantes in 1685 put an end to this first Protestant period, until the revival of worship in 1792 during the Revolution. Pastor Jean Réville (1826-1860) played a key role in the development of the community in the 19th century.

The Convent des Carmes déchaux, founded in 1615, was rebuilt after its destruction in 1694. The building, composed of stone, sandstone and flint, was listed as a historic monument in 1990, with its façade classified in 1995. He embodies the Protestant heritage of Dieppois, marked by figures such as Abraham Duquesne, explorer of Canada, and Jean Ribaut, explorer of Florida, from local Huguenot families.

During the Wars of Religion, Dieppe, taken by the English, became a strong place for Huguenot traders. The present temple, a converted former convent, symbolizes this turbulent history, between persecutions and rebirths of Protestant worship. Today the parish belongs to the United Protestant Church of France.

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