Saint Boniface Church is an Anglican church in

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

. It falls within the Archdeaconry of North-West Europe, which itself is part of the 44th diocese of the

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. The English Church in Antwerp has roots going back to the 16th century, deep into the history of both

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and

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. The current church was consecrated on 22 April 1910. From 1821 to 1910, Anglican services in Antwerp were held at the ''Chapelle des Tanneurs'', from the French name for the street it was located on, ''Huidevettersstraat'' (roughly

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Street), which connects with the west end of Meir in central Antwerp. It was extensively refurbished in 2010, with support from the

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government.

References

St Boniface website

History of St Boniface Antwerp

External links

360°-panorama van de St. Boniface Church
Churches in Antwerp Province Religious buildings and structures in Antwerp Churches completed in 1910 Anglican church buildings in Belgium 20th-century Anglican church buildings Boniface Antwerp

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

20th-century churches in Belgium {{Anglican-church-stub