This is a list of churches, chapels and meeting halls in the Channel Islands
Although there are indications that missionary efforts created small places of Christian worship in various places in the islands before 450 A.D. [1] : 29 the first proper evidence of Christianity is recorded as coming to the Islands around 520 A.D. when Samson of Dol visited Guernsey and in 540 A.D. when Helier arrived in Jersey, living as a hermit until he was killed by pirates. [2] : 65
The "pirates" grew in strength. In 911 A.D., a group of "pirates", or Vikings led by Rollo besieged Paris and Chartres. After a victory near Chartres on 26 August, Charles the Simple decided to negotiate with Rollo, resulting in the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte. For the Vikings' loyalty, they were granted all the land between the river Epte and the sea, as well as Brittany, which at the time was an independent country which France had unsuccessfully tried to conquer. Rollo also agreed to be baptised and to marry Charles' daughter, Gisela. The land would become known as "Normandy", the land of the North Men and included "Les Îles d'la Manche" or the Channel Islands. Religion was strengthened with the arrival and conversion of the Normans to Christianity, in the 10th century. [3]
There were many churches built by the Normans in the 11th and 12th centuries, many on top of previous chapels which were themselves alongside pagan places of worship, [1] : 53–55 the islands being divided up into parishes in the 11th century and land areas granted by endowment to French-based religious centres, Mont Saint Michel Abbey received four and Marmoutier Abbey, Tours six from Guernsey, Cerisy-la-Forêt acquired two in Jersey, but most other Jersey parishes were scattered amongst other people and institutions. [1] : 53
The Islands embraced the French Calvinist form of Protestantism during the Reformation Roman Catholicism continued until orders were received to remove all signs of Catholicism in 1547. A brief return to Catholicism saw the three women turned into martyrs before another turn, back to the Protestant faith and a fear of France and Catholics. [4] : 95 Methodism took a stronghold at the end of the 18th century. [3]
The Little Chapel in Guernsey has been said that it "is the smallest functioning chapel in Europe, if not the world", and it is "believed to be the world’s smallest consecrated church." [5] [6]
At least three churches in Guernsey have pre-history carved stones, the most famous being La Gran'mère du Chimquière. [7] In Jersey, at La Hougue Bie a 12th-century chapel was built on a Neolithic ritual site which was in use around 3500 BC. In Western Europe, it is one of the largest and best preserved passage graves. [8] Several churches, including Castel Church, Guernsey, have been built using materials dating back to the Roman Empire.[ citation needed ] St Saviour Church in Guernsey has a number of tunnels running underneath, built by the Organisation Todt for Nazi Germany in the 1940s. [9]
The historic toleration of religious minorities has led to many persecuted minorities seeking refuge in the Islands, such as Huguenots from 1548. [10] The influx of the Protestant refugees led to Calvinism becoming the main religion, forcing a break from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances in 1568 to the Bishop of Winchester. Religion became strictly enforced with physical punishments (whippings, stocks, imprisonment) and torture to get confessions for Channel Islands Witch Trials for 100 years, ending only with the Act of Uniformity 1662 of Charles II of England. [11] : 153 In the English Civil War Guernsey, with stronger puritanical sympathies supported Parliament whereas Jersey was happy to restore episcopalian constitutions, siding with the Royalists. [12]
A famous refugee Guernsey in 1855 was Victor Hugo who increasingly expressed anti-Catholic and anti-clerical views. Hugo counted 740 attacks on a book he wrote whilst in Guernsey, Les Misérables in the Catholic press. [13] The last major act of non-toleration goes back to 1556, with the Guernsey Martyrs who died for their Protestant faith. The Island's toleration has left a rich legacy of churches, chapels and places of worship.
The maintenance of parish churches was, before the Reformation, the responsibility of the Catholic Church. To avoid the English Crown taking over responsibility as successor, Charles II in 1677 instructed the Guernsey churchwardens to raise monies from the parishioners. [14]
In 1893 a religious census was undertaken in Guernsey showing around 50% of the population attended: [15] : 194
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The 2010 breakdown of followers in the Channel Islands: [16]
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In 2022 the Anglican churches moved from under Winchester, where they had been for 500 years, to the Diocese of Salisbury. [17]
This list is incomplete. Please feel free to expand it.
Name | Parish/Place | Island | Date/Era | Denomination | Website | Listed Building |
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Alderney Methodist Church [26] : 19 | St Anne | Alderney | 1813 | Methodist | Alderney | |
Alderney Salvation Army | St Anne | Alderney | 1882 | Salvation Army | Alderney SA | |
All Saints | St Helier | Jersey | 1835 | Anglican | All Saints | P LB |
Belmont Gospel Hall | St Helier | Jersey | ||||
Bethesda Strict Baptist Church | Forest | Guernsey | 1904 | Baptist | ||
Bethesda Methodist Church [27] | St Peter | Jersey | 1867 | Methodist | Bethesda | LB 4 |
Bethlehem Church [27] | St Mary | Jersey | 1828 | Methodist | Bethlehem | LB 3 |
Bordeaux Methodist Church [26] : 219 | Vale | Guernsey | Methodist | Bordeaux | ||
Chapelle Notre Dame | Chausey | Chausey | 1850 | Roman Catholic | ||
Church on the Rock | St Sampson | Guernsey | 20C | Newground | Rock | |
Cobo Mission Hall | Castel | Guernsey | Brethren (Evangelical) | Cobo Mission Hall | ||
Delancey Elim | St Sampson | Guernsey | 20C | Elim | Delancey Elim | |
Delisles Methodist Church | Castel | Guernsey | 1919 | Methodist | Delisles | |
Ebenezer Church [27] | Trinity | Jersey | 1892 | Methodist | Ebenezer | |
Eldad Elim | St Peter Port | Guernsey | 1936 | Elim | Eldad Elim | |
Elim Rock | St Saviour | Jersey | Elim | Elim Rock | ||
Fishermen's Chapel | St Brelade | Jersey | 11C | Anglican | Fishermans Chapel | |
Forest United Methodist Church | Forest | Guernsey | Methodist | Forest United | ||
Fortress (The) | Vale | Guernsey | 1976 | Salvation Army | Salvation Army | |
Freedom Centre | St Helier | Jersey | Evangelical | Freedom Centre | ||
Friends Meeting House | St Helier | Jersey | 1872 | Quakers | Friends | |
Galaad Methodist Church [26] : 220 | Castel | Guernsey | 1926 | Methodist | Galaad | |
Georgetown Methodict Church [27] | St Saviour | Jersey | 1873 | Methodist | Georgetown | LB 3 |
Greater World Christian Spiritualism | St Helier | Jersey | 1938 | Greater World Christian Spiritualism | Greater World | |
Guernsey Quaker Meeting House | St Peter Port | Guernsey | Quakers | Quakers | ||
Holy Trinity Church | St Peter Port | Guernsey | 1789 | Anglican | Holy Trinity | PB |
Islamic Community Centre | St Helier | Jersey | Islam | Islamic Trust | ||
Jersey Baptist Church | St Helier | Jersey | 1864 | Baptist | Jersey Baptist | LB 3 |
Jersey Jewish Congregation | St Brelade | Jersey | 1961 | Jewish | Jersey Jewish | |
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses | St Sampson | Guernsey | Jehovah's Witnesses | Jehovah's Witnesses | ||
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses | St Brelade | Jersey | 1985 | Jehovah's Witnesses | Jehovah's Witnesses | |
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses | St Helier | Jersey | Jehovah's Witnesses | Jehovah's Witnesses | ||
La Rocque Methodist Church [27] | Grouville | Jersey | 1838 | Methodist | La Rocques | LB 3 |
La Villiaze Church | St Andrew | Guernsey | Evangelical Congregational | La Villiaze | ||
Les Adams Methodist Church [26] : 220 | St Peter | Guernsey | Methodist | Les Adams | ||
Les Camps Methodist Church [26] : 220 | St Martin | Guernsey | Methodist | Les Camps | ||
Les Capelles Methodist Church [28] | St Sampson | Guernsey | 1817 | Methodist | Les Capelles | |
Lighthouse Christian Church | St Helier | Jersey | Evangelical | lighthouse | ||
Little Chapel [29] | St Andrew | Guernsey | 1914 | Interdenominational | Little Chapel | |
Monnaie Chapel (The Chapel of Christ the Healer) | St Andrew | Guernsey | Christian Healing | |||
New Life Church | St Saviour | Guernsey | 1992 | FIEC | New Life Church | |
Notre Dame Du Rosaire | St Peter Port | Guernsey | 1829 | Roman Catholic | Notre Dame | |
Our Lady of the Annunciation | St Martin | Jersey | 1863 | Roman Catholic | Our Lady Annunciation | |
Our Lady Star of the Sea, Delancey | St Sampson | Guernsey | 1879 | Roman Catholic | Our Lady Star | |
Philadelphie Church [27] | St Peter | Jersey | 1825 | Methodist | Philadelphie | LB 3 |
Quennevais Evangelical Church | St Brelade | Jersey | Evangelical | Quennevais | ||
Rohais Methodist Church [26] : 219 | St Andrew | Guernsey | 1919 | Methodist | Rohais | |
St Andrew's Church | St Helier | Jersey | 1926 | Anglican | St Andrew’s | P LB |
St Andrews de la Pommeraye (St Andrew's Church) [30] | St Andrew | Guernsey | 1284 | Anglican | St Andrew's | PB |
St Andrews in the Grange Kirk | St Peter Port | Guernsey | 1897 | Church of Scotland | St Andrews Kirk | |
St Anne | St Anne | Alderney | 1850 | Anglican | St Anne | |
St Anne and St Mary Magdalen | St Anne | Alderney | Roman Catholic | |||
St Apolline's Chapel | St Saviour | Guernsey | 14C | Interdenominational | PB | |
St Aubin on the Hill | Saint Aubin | Jersey | 1889 | Anglican | St Aubin | P LB |
St Aubin Methodist Church [27] | St Aubin | Jersey | 1817 | Methodist | St Aubin Methodist | LB 3 |
St Bernadette | St Brelade | Jersey | 1971 | Roman Catholic | St Bernadette | |
St Brelade's [31] [32] | St Brelade | Jersey | 1111 | Anglican | St Brelade’s | P LB |
St Clement [31] [32] | St Clement | Jersey | 1117 | Anglican | P LB | |
St Columba Kirk | St Helier | Jersey | 1857 | Church of Scotland | St Columba | LB 2 |
St George's | St Ouen | Jersey | 1880 | Anglican | St George’s | P LB |
St Helier [31] [32] | St Helier | Jersey | 1341 | Anglican | LB | |
St Helier Citadel | St Helier | Jersey | The Salvation Army | Salvation Army | ||
St Helier Methodist Centre [27] | St Helier | Jersey | 1846 2000 | Methodist | The Centre | LB 2 |
St John [31] [32] | St John | Jersey | 1204 | Anglican | LB | |
St John the Evangelist | St Peter Port | Guernsey | 1839 | Anglican | ||
St Joseph & St Mary | St Peter Port | Guernsey | 1846 | Roman Catholic | St Joseph & St Mary | PB |
St Lawrence [31] [32] | St Lawrence | Jersey | 1190 | Anglican | P LB | |
St Luke | St Helier | Jersey | 1848 | Anglican | St Luke | P LB |
St Marguerite de la Foret (Forest Church) [30] | Forest | Guernsey | 13C | Anglican | PB | |
St Marie du Castel (Castel Church) [30] | Castel | Guernsey | 1203 | Anglican | Castel | PB |
St Mark's | St Helier | Jersey | Anglican | P LB | ||
Saint Martin de Grouville [31] [32] (Grouville Church) | Grouville | Jersey | 1322 | Anglican | Grouville | P LB |
St Martin de Gouray [31] [32] | St Martin | Jersey | 1116 | Anglican | St Martin de Gouray | P LB |
St Martin de la Bellouse (St Martins Church) [30] | St Martin | Guernsey | 1199 | Anglican | St Martin | PB |
St Martin's Methodist Church [27] | St Martin | Jersey | 1851 | Methodist | St Martin’s Methodist | LB 3 |
St. Martin's Mission [26] : 220 | St Martin | Guernsey | 1906 | Methodist | ||
St Mary [31] [32] | St Mary | Jersey | 1320 | Anglican | St Mary | P LB |
St Mary & St Peter | St Helier | Jersey | 1985 | Roman Catholic | St Mary & St Peter | LB 3 |
St Matthew's (Glass Church) | St Lawrence | Jersey | 1840 | Anglican | LB | |
St Matthew's | Castel | Guernsey | 1852 | Anglican | St Matthew’s | |
St Matthieu's Church | St Peter | Jersey | 1871 | Roman Catholic | St Matthieu | LB 3 |
St Michel du Valle (Vale Church) [30] | Vale | Guernsey | 1117 | Anglican | Vale | PB |
St Ouen [31] [32] | St Ouen | Jersey | 1130 | Anglican | St Ouen | P LB |
St Ouen Methodist Church [27] | St Ouen | Jersey | 1871 | Methodist | LB 2 | |
St. Patrick's Church | St Clement | Jersey | 1948 | Roman Catholic | St Patrick | |
St Paul | St Helier | Jersey | 1818 | Portuguese Christian Mission | St Paul’s | P LB |
St. Paul's Methodist Church | Vale | Guernsey | Methodist | St Paul’s | ||
St Peter la Rocque (Grouville) | Grouville | Jersey | 1852 | Anglican | St Peter la Rocque | |
St Peter Port (Town Church) [30] | St Peter Port | Guernsey | 1312 | Anglican | St Peter Port | PB |
St Peter's [31] [32] | St Peter | Jersey | 1167 | Anglican | St Peter | P LB |
St Peter's Church [33] | Sark | Sark | 1820 | Anglican | St Peter's, Sark | |
St Pierre du Bois (St Peter's Church) [30] | St Peter | Guernsey | 1167 | Anglican | St Pierre du Bois | PB |
St Phillipe de Torteval (Torteval Church) [30] | Torteval | Guernsey | 1818 | Anglican | PB | |
St Sampson [30] [34] : 126 | St Sampson | Guernsey | 1111 | Anglican | PB | |
St Sauveur (St Saviours's Church) [30] | St Saviour | Guernsey | 1154 | Anglican | St Saviour | PB |
St Saviour [31] [32] | St Saviour | Jersey | 1154 | Anglican | P LB | |
St Simon | St Helier | Jersey | 1865 | Anglican | P LB | |
St Stephen's | St Peter Port | Guernsey | 1865 | Anglican | St Stephen's | PB |
St Thomas’ Church | St Helier | Jersey | 1885 | Roman Catholic | St Thomas | P LB |
St Tugual's Chapel | Herm | Herm | 11C | Non-denominational | ||
Sacred Heart | St Aubin | Jersey | 1936 | Roman Catholic | Sacred Heart | P LB |
Samarès Methodist Church [27] | St Clement | Jersey | 1903 | Methodist | Samares | LB 4 |
Sark Methodist Church [26] : 22 | Sark | Sark | 1797 | Methodist | Sark Wesleyan | |
Shiloh Church | Vale | Guernsey | Baptist | Shiloh | ||
Sion URC | St John | Jersey | 1809 | United Reformed Church | URC Jersey | LB 1 |
Spurgeon Baptist Church | St Peter Port | Guernsey | 1888 | Baptist | Spurgeon | |
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | St Mary | Jersey | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | |||
Torteval Methodist Church [28] | Torteval | Guernsey | 1834 | Methodist | Torteval | |
Trinity Church (Holy) [31] [32] | Trinity | Jersey | 1163 | Anglican | Holy Trinity | P LB |
Vazon Elim Pentecostal | Castel | Guernsey | 1911 | Elim | Vazon Elim | |
Wesley Chapel [28] | St Peter Port | Guernsey | 1835 | [Methodist] | Wesley | |
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