©Service du Patrimoine Ville de Briançon
Built between the two world wars, this private church was the result of a joint desire by the inhabitants of Sainte-Catherine and the bishop of Gap at the time, Monseigneur Pic, to create a parish in this new district of Briançon.
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To this end, the bishop appointed Father Julien Merle in 1928 (who served the parish of Pont-de-Cervières with his brother, the parish priest Maurice Merle) and gave him the task of building a church for the new parish. In the meantime, worship was held in a large room in the Schappe factory, which was made available to the local inhabitants. However, they went to the Collegiate Church for baptisms, marriages and funerals. Tired of having to go to the upper town, the inhabitants mobilised...
