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The church of Notre-Dame-d'Auteuil replaces a first church from the 10th century, rebuilt in the 14th century, then enlarged in the 15th and 17th centuries. Having become too small for the growing population, the church was rebuilt between 1877 and 1892, as Auteuil, originally a hamlet with its own parish, was attached to Paris in 1860. The church was built in the Romanesque-Byzantine style by the workshop of the diocesan architect Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer.

The church of Notre Dame de Beauvoir was built in the Provençal Romanesque style and dedicated to Notre Dame de Beauvoir in the 13th century. In the 18th century, part of the vaults collapsed; reconstruction took place between 1718 and 1720. A baptistery was built into the west wall of the façade, followed by the construction of a sacristy on the south side in 1771. After the collapse of the bell tower in 1833, the whole eastern part of the church was rebuilt and a new bell tower was built.

The current building of the Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle church is the third place of worship to be built on the site. In 1551, a first chapel was built, which was destroyed in 1590 by the Catholic League during the siege of Paris by Henry IV. In April 1628, Queen Anne of Austria laid the foundation stone for a new church, which became a parish in 1673. It became national property in 1791, was sold in 1797 to three parishioners, and then bought by the city of Paris in 1803. Following the damage suffered during the Revolution, it threatened to fall into ruin and the decision was taken to rebuild it. Étienne-Hippolyte Godde, an architect for the Paris municipality who also designed the churches of Saint-Denys-du-Saint-Sacrement and Saint-Pierre-du-Gros-Caillou in the French capital, was commissioned to rebuild it.

According to a charter of 1182, the abbey Saint-Symphorien de Beauvais has guests from Allonne, that is to say that it receives the taxes paid by these inhabitants. This link with the Abbey Saint-Symphorien easily explains the second word of the church.

Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Passy was built by the Pères de la Miséricorde, a missionary order for the rechristianisation of cities, at the end of the 19th century. Following the law of 1901, the Fathers were expelled and the church was closed until 1907 when it was reopened as an annexe chapel of the church of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-de-Passy. In 1914, the church became a parish church and in 1928, the church took the name of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption.

The church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix, built between 1863 and 1880, combines neo-Romanesque and neo-Gothic elements. The present church was designed by the architect Louis-Jean-Antoine Héret (1821-1899). It is also remarkable for its 78-metre high bell tower and the monumental staircase that precedes its façade. It is one of the largest churches in Paris (the 4th largest church in Paris).

The church of Notre-Dame de la Gare is a neo-Romanesque church which was consecrated on 11 November 1859. The construction of the church began in 1847 when the parish territory was in the commune of Ivry. Claude Naissant was the architect.

Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette church was built between 1963 and 1965 on a former chapel built in 1858 by the Brothers of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul. This new church was built according to the plans of the architects Henri Colboc and Jean Dionis du Séjour. This modernist church is an example of the renewal inspired by the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965).

Built in 1976 by the architect Clovis Normand to house the reliquary of the Sainte-Chandelle.

In 1882, Father Debras was already thinking of building a sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Seeing the deplorable state of the district known as "Le Cailloux", he intended to echo the Marian devotion of Abbé G. Bellanger (1861-1902) in this somewhat isolated area to the north of the city, while paying homage to the Patroness of Soldiers. Having never seen his work finished, it was Abbé Debout who took over the work in 1906. The new parish was given a vicar, Peugnet, who launched the bulletin "Notre-Dame des Armées" and a subscription in order to collect funds to continue the work on the church.