A brief history of Lyon Anglican Church English-language church services were first held in Lyon by the Rev. McDermott as early as 1843. Then, in 1853, the forerunner of the Intercontinental Church Society appointed the Rev. E.L. Ward as chaplain. The first Confirmation Service took place in 1863. In the early days, the congregation shared a Chapel in the Cordeliers area of the city with Lyon’s German-speaking Protestant congregation which later became the Lutheran Church and French-speaking.
On February 18th 1873, Holy Trinity (pictured alongside), on the Quai Pierre de Serbie in the 6ème, was consecrated for use as the church building. The architect was Norman Shaw. Services were held here until May 19th 1969, when the building was sold. It was later demolished. Wooden crosses made from the old church pews are still in existence.
After the sale of Holy Trinity, services were held at the Centre St Irénée on Place Gailleton until December 1978; and then at Mains Ouvertes, Part Dieu, from January 1979 to December 1995. From December 1995 to December 2007 Sunday services were in the Chapel of the Foyer Escale Lyonnaise at 92 rue de Créqui in the 6ème.
The church moved again in 2007 to the Chapel of the Communauté de l'Adoration Réparatrice; at the bottom of the Boulevard Yves Farge, on the Place Docteurs Mérieux, facing the Halle Tony Garnier. Our first service there was on Advent Sunday 2007.