Our Lady of Ardilliers Church
Église Notre-Dame-des-Ardilliers de Miquelon
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LocationMiquelon
Country Saint Pierre and Miquelon
France
DenominationRoman Catholic Church
History
DedicationOur Lady
Consecrated1 November 1865[1]
Architecture
Functional statusparish church
Heritage designationclassified Monument Historique
Designated2011[2]
Years built1862–1865
Administration
DioceseLa Rochelle and Saintes
ParishMiquelon
Clergy
ArchbishopJérôme Daniel Beau

Our Lady of Ardilliers Church (French: Église Notre-Dame-des-Ardilliers de Miquelon) is a Catholic church located in Miquelon-Langlade, in the archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, a dependent territory of France in the North Atlantic Ocean. Since the abolition of the Apostolic Vicariate of Iles Saint Pierre and Miquelon on 1 March 2018, it is attached to the diocese of La Rochelle and Saintes, meaning the church is under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Poitiers.[3] The current Archbishop is Jérôme Daniel Beau.[4]

Building

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The church can be found near the port in the village of Miquelon, on the island of the same name. It is constructed entirely from wood and rectangular in shape, with a gable roof and a steeple above the façade.[5]

The building was constructed between 1862 and 1865 to replace the first church in the archipelago, which was in disrepair. Inaugurated in 1865, the church is named in honor of Father Ardilliers and his sister, a nun at Notre-Dame-des-Ardilliers in Saumur, who probably funded the construction of first church in Miquelon.[1]

There are several art pieces inside the church, including a wooden boat made by a local craftsman around 100 years ago. Saint Peter, sometimes known as Saint Pierre, is the patron saint of fishermen.[6] There is also a painting of the Holy Family by artist Joseph Lemoine, dating from the 1800s. The stained glass windows in the church are not original and date from the 1980s and 1990s. [5]

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Église Notre-Dame-des-Ardilliers de Miquelon.
  • Website of the Catholic Church in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (in French)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Notre-Dame-des-Ardilliers". Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  2. ^ Base Mérimée: PA97500001, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  3. ^ "Église de Notre-Dame des Ardilliers 🇵🇲". GCatholic. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Poitiers". GCatholic. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  5. ^ a b Enguehard, Françoise (22 December 2023). "L'église de Miquelon célèbre ses 158 ans ce 1er novembre". L'Heure de l'Est | Saint-Pierre et Miquelon et Est Canadien (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  6. ^ "These Islands Off Canada's Atlantic Coast Are Actually Part Of France". Travel and Leisure Asia | India. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2025.

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