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Building consecrated in 1839, then enlarged in 1865. The German army damaged the church in the 1940s. It also underwent modifications in the 2000s, following an urban rehabilitation plan.

Once a proud Romanesque church, the various horrors of the Hundred Years War reduced the building to ruins, apart from the entrance gate and bell tower.

The work was quickly carried out and the building was completed well before St. Peter and the Sacred Heart, at a cost of 27,000 francs for the church and 8,000 francs for the presbytery. On March 8, 1868, the dean of Notre-Dame, Canon de Lencquesaing, delegated by Mgr. Lequette, Bishop of Arras, proceeded to the blessing and inauguration of the church, which was placed under the patronage of Saint Madeleine.

The beginning of the construction started in the 16th century. It was founded by the friars preachers of the order of Saint Dominic. The Baroque façade was not completed until 1739. In 1926 the church was listed as a historical monument.

The development of the city of Marseille at the beginning of the 19th century, with the creation of new districts, necessitated the construction of new parishes, particularly in the southern districts with the building of new churches. Authorization to build the church of Saint Joseph was given by Bishop Charles-Fortuné de Mazenod on August 14, 1831, who appointed Abbot Abbot Abbat as rector.

A new church was built in 1960-62, identical to the old one dating from 1867 and destroyed in 1953.

A new parish is erected in the eastern ZUP of Calais, developed for the housing of the workers of the Dunkirk ironworks. The religious authorities first foresee a large parish centre, on the scale of the number of inhabitants expected in the area. Calaisian architect Georges Wiart drew up a preliminary project corresponding to this ambition in 1965. But the reduction of the budget led in 1967 to changes in the project for the parish centre, which was built in 1971-1974.

St. Job's Memorial Church was built by emigrants who fled the Russian revolution. They started to raise funds in 1928 and were able to lay the foundation stone on 2 February 1936. The architect-painter Nicolai Istselenov was assisted by a committee. The patron saint, St James, was chosen because his feast day, 19 May, coincides with the birthday of Tsar Nicholas II, to whose memory the church is dedicated. More generally, it was to commemorate the sufferings of the imperial family and the victims of the revolution.

Eichstätt Cathedral is said to have been founded by St. Willibald as early as the 8th century. Today's church was mainly built in the High and Late Gothic styles and was completed with a Baroque west facade in 1718. Together with the cloister and the two-nave mortuary, the cathedral is considered to be one of the most important medieval architectural monuments in Bavaria.

The church of Eid is a long church built in 1797 and made of wood. Originally, the tower was in the middle of the church, but it was rebuilt on the porch roof during the reconstruction of 1872-1874. In 1862 Eid became its own parish and the church became the main church.