L'Église de la rue Belliard
L’Église de la rue Belliard was a Brussels-based evangelical Protestant congregation, started in 1837 when a group left the Temple de l'Observatoire Protestant church.[1]
L’Église de la rue Belliard originally met on rue du Jeu de paume under pastor Denis Lourde-Laplace, then on 24 rue Ducale under the ministry of pastor Edouard Panchaud (1839–1862). In 1851 the congregation built an Evangelical Chapel on 13 rue Belliard in the new Leopold quarter in Brussels.[2]
Over the years L’Église de la rue Belliard and the Temple de l'Observatoire divided and rejoined several times before finally reuniting in 1973 to become L’Église Protestante Bruxelles-Botanique.
The church building on rue Belliard was sold in 1974 and a new building on boulevard Bisschoffsheim dedicated in 1977.
Succession of pastors at L’Église de la rue Belliard
Denis LOURDE-LAPLACE 1837-1839
Edouard PANCHAUD 1839-1862
Clément de FAYE 1863-1876
Félix DUCASSE 1876-1879
Léonard ANET 1879-1880
Charles BYSE 1880-1882
Rodolphe MEYHOFFER 1882-1917
Henri MERLE D’AUBIGNE 1887-1892
Jean MEYHOFFER 1917-1927
Jules PERREGOUX 1924-1927
Daniel LEMAIRE 1928-1933
Emile HOYOIS (B) 1933-1935
Robert DU PASQUIER 1935-1946
Fritz HOYOIS 1942-1945
André CLERC 1945-1957
Denise PICCARD 1952-1954
Denise WOHLWERTH (assistant) 1954-1955
Martin BEUKENHORST (assistant) 1954-1955
Maurice RAYMOND (assistant) 1954-1955
Victor PHILDIUS (assistant) 1954-1955
Rodolphe GILLY 1957-1964
Jean-Claude BORDIER 1960-1969
Pierre REGARD 1964-1972
Emile LE COZANNET 1970-1977