Affiliation Roman Catholic Region Guadeloupe | Rite Latin rite Ecclesiastical or organizational status Church | |
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Territory diocese of Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pître State Roman Catholicism in France Address Rue Du Marigot, Guadeloupe Province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fort-de-France–Saint-Pierre Municipality Terre-de-Haut (Îles des Saintes) Architectural type French Baroque architecture Similar Fort Napoléon des Saint, Chameau, Pain de sucre, Leeward Islands, La Grande Soufrière | ||
Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (French for Our Lady of Assumption) is a Roman Catholic Church of the archipelago of Îles des Saintes, a dependency of the French Overseas department of Guadeloupe. It is located in rue Jean Calot in Fond-du-Curé, a quartier (locality) of Terre-de-Haut Island. It is Latin Rite parish which is included in the diocese of Guadeloupe (Latin: Dioecesis Imae Telluris et Petrirostrensis), a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fort-de-France, and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference. It is registered on the National Heritage Site of France (Monument historique) by ministerial decree of 31 December 1979.
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Origin
The parish was dedicated to the Virgin of the Assumption in honour of the French victory of 15 August 1666, against the English troops. Sir. du Lion established the cult and the feast day on the island in remembrance. Notre-Dame de l'Assomption became from then on the Patron saint of Terre-de-Haut.
Bell tower
Four bells compose the bell tower of the church: the first one is a bell dated since 10 April 1820 which results from foundries Villain, caster in le Havre. The second is a bell offered by M. Lasserre, commissioner of Marie Maria Victoria (a monastery), melted by Astier in Nantes in 1884. The third bell was melted for the parish under Charles FOY's mandature, Mayor of Terre-de-Haut and Abbé (Abbot) Ruffin, Priest of the parish. it was melted by Ferdinand Farnier, in Robecourt (Vosges) and baptized Maria Antonia. The fourth and last bell was installed on 23 April 2006 and baptized by Ernest Cabo, Bishop of Guadeloupe. It was offered by the municipality at the end of the rebuilding of the bell tower destroyed by the 2004 Les Saintes earthquake.