Now that's an old church! How old is your local church?

[OakRiver]

The church I grew up with at home is on the site of a place of worship from 546

 

[Bennettjh]

Somewhere around the early 50's for our church.

Some of the congregation has been around A LOT longer than that.

 

[Sylvain]

Somewhere around the early 50's for our church.

Some of the congregation has been around A LOT longer than that.

I think it's often the case.
That church in Indy that I mentioned was built to replace an older wooden chapel I believe.

 

[amboy49]

Hey INGO,
This plaque is on the wall of my local church in France.
It's the names of all the priests who served that parish since 1244, so in the last 772 years!

I thought it was pretty neat.And it's not even the oldest church in the area.

I am not sure what the cross next to the names mean ... I assumed it meant they died since the last few names don't have it.But some very old ones don't have it either and I don't believe they are hundreds of years old and still alive.

Any idea?

By comparison the oldest religious building in continuous use, in Indianapolis, is the Christ Church Cathedral built in 1857 (I believe).Maybe there are older ones in the state though.
So that's a pretty new church by European standard.

Did the second guy from the top stick around 165 years ? !

 

[Sylvain]

Did the second guy from the top stick around 165 years ? !

It's my guess, he must still be around!

 

[Tanfodude]

Those that didn't have cross after their names are vampires.