Notre Dame de L’Assomption Church
Changes After Construction:
- Following the papal letter dated 2 July 1895, the church and its annexes were transferred to the administration of the Assumptionist Fathers.
- A monastery building complementing the main structure was added to the church complex.
- From the mid-1970s to the present, the building has also been used as a place of worship by the Syriacs.
Prominent Features:
- The church belongs to the Latin Catholic Church.
- The building is also known as the “Kadıköy French Catholic Church” and the “Church of the Assumption.”
- The church is in the Neoclassical style.
- The building has a domed cruciform plan; on the west façade, two bell towers strongly define the façade composition.
- In the Latin inscription on the façade, the architect’s name appears as “Architectus Johannes Barborini.”
- The languages of worship in the church are French and Turkish.
- A decree dated 1859 granted the necessary permission for the construction of the building.
- In 1858, the Apostolic Vicar Monsignor Brunoni assigned Father De Negri to establish a church in Kadıköy; newly arrived Catholics from Chios made a concrete contribution to the construction process.
