Church of St. James on Coudenberg

Church of St. James on Coudenberg
Église Saint-Jacques-sur-Coudenberg (French) Sint-Jacob-op-Koudenbergkerk (Dutch)
50°50′31″N 4°21′37″E / 50.84194°N 4.36028°E / 50.84194; 4.36028
Location	Place Royale / Koningsplein 1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region
Country	Belgium
Denomination	Catholic Church
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	Saint James
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Protected[1]
Designated	02/12/1959
Architect(s)	Gilles-Barnabé Guimard
Architectural type	Church
Style	Neoclassical
Groundbreaking	1776
Completed	1849
Administration
Archdiocese	Mechelen–Brussels
Clergy
Archbishop	Luc Terlinden (Primate of Belgium)

The Church of St. James on Coudenberg (French: Église Saint-Jacques-sur-Coudenberg; Dutch: Sint-Jacob-op-Koudenbergkerk) is a Catholic church located on the historic Place Royale/Koningsplein, in the Royal Quarter of Brussels, Belgium. It is dedicated to Saint James, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus.

The neoclassical church was designed by the architects Gilles-Barnabé Guimard and Louis Montoyer and built from 1776 to 1787, replacing two neighbouring places of worship. In the 19th century, a dome and bell tower, as well as a coloured fresco, were added to it. The complex was designated a historic monument in 1959.^[1] Nowadays, it ranks as royal parish church, and since 1986, as cathedral of the Military Ordinariate of Belgium.

This site is served by Brussels-Central railway station, as well as by the metro stations Parc/Park (on lines 1 and 5) and Trône/Troon (on lines 2 and 6).