François Bérenger

François Bérenger was born on June 21, 1901 in Milan. He died on December 17, 1978 in Valence.

He was trained at the architectural studio of Dom Bellot in the Paulus Abbey in Oosterhout and went to the studio in Wisques together with Dom Bellot in 1928.

There he worked with Joseph Philippe on designs for various projects by Bellot, including a church by Bellot in Romans-sur-Isere.

Because both Bellot and Joseph Philippe were unable to work in the period 1939-1945, the churches in Annemasse and Annecy were completed under his leadership during the second world war.

Bellot's design for Romans-sur-Isere was not implemented, the Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes church there is a design from 1937 in Bérenger's name.

It is the only church that he designed independently. After the war, Bérenger mainly designed residential areas.