| Name
|
Area (m2)
|
Gross volume (m3)
|
Capacity
|
Built
|
City
|
Country
|
Denomination
|
Notes
|
| St. Peter's Basilica
|
15,160[2]
|
21,095[2]
|
1,600,000[3]
|
60,000 standing, or 20,000 seated[4][5]
|
1506–1626
|
Vatican City
|
Vatican City
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Largest church in the world.[1]
|
| Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady Aparecida
|
12,000[6][7]
|
18,331[8]
|
1,200,000[9]
|
45,000 standing, or 30,000 seated[10][11]
|
1955–1980
|
Aparecida
|
Brazil
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Largest cathedral in the world and second largest church by interior area and volume.[12][13][14][15]
|
| Milan Cathedral
|
11,700[16]
|
12,000[17]
|
440,000[18]
|
40,000
|
1386–1965
|
Milan
|
Italy
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Seville Cathedral
|
11,500[3]
|
23,500[19][b]
|
500,000+
|
|
1401–1528
|
Seville
|
Spain
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
It was a mosque before being rebuilt as a Catholic cathedral.[20][21]
|
| Cathedral of St. John the Divine
|
11,241[22]
|
|
480,000[23]
|
8,600
|
1892–present
|
New York City
|
United States
|
Anglican (Episcopal Church in the U.S.)
|
Unfinished.
|
| Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń
|
10,090[citation needed]
|
|
300,000[24]
|
7,000[25]
|
1994–2004
|
Licheń Stary
|
Poland
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
9,240 m2[24] or 10,090 m2
|
| Liverpool Cathedral
|
9,687[26]
|
|
450,000 +
|
3,500
|
1904–1978
|
Liverpool
|
United Kingdom
|
Anglican (Church of England)
|
|
| Basilica of the Holy Trinity
|
8,700[27]
|
|
130,000
|
9,000
|
2004–2007
|
Fátima
|
Portugal
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Area given as 12,000 m2[9]
|
| Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
|
8,515[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
4th–5th century; rebuilt 1825–1929
|
Rome
|
Italy
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| People's Salvation Cathedral
|
8,400[28][29]
|
13,668.55[30]
|
478,857[30]
|
7,000[30]
|
2010–2025 (estimated) Consecrated 2018.
|
Bucharest
|
Romania
|
Eastern Orthodox (Romanian)
|
Tallest and largest (by volume) Orthodox church building in the world.[31][32]
|
| Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar
|
8,318[33]
|
|
|
|
1681–1872
|
Saragossa
|
Spain
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Florence Cathedral
|
8,300[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
1296–1436
|
Florence
|
Italy
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
|
8,167[citation needed]
|
|
|
10,000
|
1974–1976
|
Mexico City
|
Mexico
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Circular base of 102 m in diameter[34]
|
| Cathedral of Our Lady
|
8,000[35]
|
|
|
|
1352–1521
|
Antwerp
|
Belgium
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Rio de Janeiro Cathedral
|
8,000[36]
|
|
|
20,000[36]
|
1964–1976
|
Rio de Janeiro
|
Brazil
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Basilica of the Sacred Heart
|
8,000[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
1905–1970
|
Koekelberg (Brussels)
|
Belgium
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Basilica of Our Lady of Peace
|
7,989
|
30,000[37]
|
|
18,000[38]
|
1985–1989
|
Yamoussoukro
|
Ivory Coast
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Largest Catholic church by exterior area. Exterior area includes rectory and a villa.
|
| Hagia Sophia
|
7,960[citation needed]
|
|
255,800[39]
|
|
532–537
|
Istanbul
|
Turkey
|
Eastern Orthodox (Greek)
|
Byzantine church constructed in 537; converted to a mosque.
|
| San Petronio Basilica
|
7,920[citation needed]
|
|
258,000
|
28,000
|
1390–1479
|
Bologna
|
Italy
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Cologne Cathedral
|
7,914[citation needed]
|
|
407,000[40]
|
|
1248–1880
|
Cologne
|
Germany
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| St Paul's Cathedral
|
7,875[41]
|
|
|
|
1677–1708
|
London
|
United Kingdom
|
Anglican (Church of England)
|
|
| Washington National Cathedral
|
7,712[42]
|
|
|
|
1907–1990
|
Washington, DC
|
United States
|
Anglican (Episcopal Church in the U.S.)
|
|
| Amiens Cathedral
|
7,700[43]
|
|
200,000 (interior only)
|
|
1220–1270
|
Amiens
|
France
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Gross volume slightly below 400,000[citation needed]
|
| Abbey of Santa Giustina
|
7,700[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
1501–1606[44]
|
Padua
|
Italy
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Cathedral of the Nativity
|
7,500[45]
|
|
135,000[46]
|
8,200
|
2017–2019
|
Cairo
|
Egypt
|
Oriental Orthodox (Coptic)
|
Largest Oriental Orthodox church in the world
|
| Yoido Full Gospel
|
7,450 (estimated)
|
44,000+
|
|
12,000
|
1973
|
Seoul
|
South Korea
|
Protestant (Pentecostal)
|
Largest Pentecostal church
|
| St. Vitus Cathedral
|
7,440[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
1344–1929
|
Prague
|
Czech Republic
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
|
7,097[47]
|
10,234
|
|
10,000
|
1920–2017
|
Washington, DC
|
United States
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Interior area only for the upper church / upper floor.[47]
|
| Cathedral of La Plata
|
6,968[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
1884–1932
|
La Plata
|
Argentina
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Largest church in Argentina[citation needed]
|
| Saint Joseph's Oratory
|
6,825[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
1904–1967
|
Montreal
|
Canada
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
The largest church in Canada
|
| Shrine of St. Paulina
|
6,740[48]
|
9,000[48]
|
|
6,000[49]
|
2003–2006
|
Nova Trento
|
Brazil
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
|
6,732[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
1573–1813
|
Mexico City
|
Mexico
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Chartres Cathedral
|
6,700[citation needed]
|
10,875[citation needed]
|
|
|
1145–1220
|
Chartres
|
France
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Berlin Cathedral
|
6,270[50]
|
|
|
2,000+
|
1451–1905
|
Berlin
|
Germany
|
Protestant (Lutheran)
|
116 meters high & 73 meters wide; city landmark.
|
| Cathedral of Saint Paul (Minnesota)
|
|
6,200 (estimated)[51]
|
|
|
1906–1915
|
St Paul, Minnesota
|
United States
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Immaculata Church
|
6,169[52]
|
|
|
1,580[52]
|
2020-2023
|
St. Marys, Kansas
|
United States
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
The largest SSPX Catholic church in the world
|
| Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
|
6,038[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
1998–2002
|
Los Angeles
|
United States
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| De Hoeksteen
|
6,020[53]
|
|
43,300
|
2,531
|
2007–2008
|
Barneveld
|
Netherlands
|
Protestant (Calvinist)
|
|
| Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church
|
6,000[citation needed]
|
|
|
6,500
|
1991–2004
|
San Giovanni Rotondo
|
Italy
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Vaulted church holding 6,500 seats[citation needed]
|
| Ulm Minster
|
5,950[citation needed]
|
|
190,000
|
2,000
|
1377–1890
|
Ulm
|
Germany
|
Protestant (Lutheran)
|
Tallest church in the world[54]
|
| York Minster
|
5,927[55]
|
|
|
|
1230–1472
|
York
|
United Kingdom
|
Anglican (Church of England)
|
Largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe.
|
| Bourges Cathedral
|
5,900[citation needed]
|
6,200[citation needed]
|
|
|
1195–1230
|
Bourges
|
France
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Reims Cathedral
|
5,800[citation needed]
|
6,650[citation needed]
|
|
|
1211–1275
|
Reims
|
France
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
The longest church in France at 149.17m[citation needed]
|
| São Paulo Cathedral
|
5,700[56]
|
|
|
8,000[57]
|
1913–1954
|
São Paulo
|
Brazil
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Esztergom Basilica
|
5,660[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
1822–1869
|
Esztergom
|
Hungary
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Diocesan Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe
|
5,414.58[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
1898–2008
|
Zamora, Michoacán
|
Mexico
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Co-cathedral church of the diocese of Zamora.
|
| Basilica de la Sagrada Familia
|
5,400[citation needed]
|
|
|
9,000
|
1882–present
|
Barcelona
|
Spain
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Unfinished; expected complete sometime after 2026.[58]
|
| Strasbourg Cathedral
|
5,300[citation needed]
|
6,044
|
|
|
1015–1439
|
Strasbourg
|
France
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
World's tallest building from 1647 to 1874[citation needed]
|
| Primate Cathedral of Bogotá
|
5,300[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
1807–1823
|
Bogotá
|
Colombia
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Largest church in Colombia
|
| Palma Cathedral
|
5,200[citation needed]
|
|
160,000 (interior)
|
|
1220–1346
|
Palma, Majorca
|
Spain
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| New Cathedral, Linz
|
5,170[citation needed]
|
|
|
20,000[59]
|
1862–1924
|
Linz
|
Austria
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Speyer Cathedral
|
5,038
|
|
|
|
1030–1103
|
Speyer
|
Germany
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Added to the UNESCO World Heritage List
|
| Provo ward conference center
|
5,038[60]
|
|
|
|
2012
|
Provo, Utah
|
United States
|
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
|
[61]
|
| Metropolitan Cathedral of Lima
|
5,020[62]
|
|
|
|
1535–1797
|
Lima
|
Peru
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Largest church in Peru
|
| Westminster Cathedral
|
5,017[citation needed]
|
|
|
2,000
|
1895–1910
|
London
|
United Kingdom
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Largest Roman Catholic Church in the UK.
|
| Medak Cathedral
|
5,000[63]
|
|
|
|
1914–1926
|
Medak
|
India
|
Anglican (Church of South India)
|
|
| Morning Star Church; under the collective churches of Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health
|
5,574
|
|
|
10,000 seated inside,
40,000 seated outside
|
2013
|
Velankanni, Tamil Nadu
|
India
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
The church has been built without pillars. It is ranked among the largest Christian worship places in Asia.
|
| Lincoln Cathedral
|
5,000 (estimated)[64]
|
|
|
|
1185–1311
|
Lincoln, England
|
United Kingdom
|
Anglican (Church of England)
|
|
| St. Mary's Church
|
5,000[citation needed]
|
|
155,000[65]
|
|
1343–1502
|
Gdańsk
|
Poland
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Largest brick church in the world
|
| Holy Trinity Cathedral
|
5,000[citation needed]
|
|
137,000[citation needed]
|
|
1995–2004
|
Tbilisi
|
Georgia
|
Eastern Orthodox (Georgian)
|
|
| Winchester Cathedral
|
4,968[66]
|
|
|
|
1079–1525
|
Winchester
|
United Kingdom
|
Anglican (Church of England)
|
The longest Gothic cathedral in Europe[67]
|
| Notre Dame de Paris
|
4,800[citation needed]
|
5,500
|
|
9,000
|
1163–1345; 2019–present (reconstruction)
|
Paris
|
France
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Almudena Cathedral
|
4,800[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
1883–1993
|
Madrid
|
Spain
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
It has a north–south orientation instead of east–west.
|
| Dresden Cathedral
|
4,800[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
1739–1755
|
Dresden
|
Germany
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Largest church in all of Saxony[citation needed]
|
| Basilica Cathedral of Arequipa
|
4,608
|
|
|
|
1540–1656
|
Arequipa
|
Peru
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral
|
4,500
|
|
|
|
1748–1906
|
Santiago de Chile
|
Chile
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Basilica of St. Thérèse, Lisieux
|
4,500[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
1929–1954
|
Lisieux
|
France
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Basilica de San Martin de Tours (Taal)
|
4,320[68]
|
|
|
|
1856–1878
|
Taal, Batangas
|
Philippines
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Largest Catholic church in Asia
|
| Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire
|
4,273[69]
|
|
|
|
1083–1375
|
Ely
|
United Kingdom
|
Anglican (Church of England)
|
|
| Frauenkirche
|
4,188[citation needed]
|
|
185,000–190,000[70]
|
|
1468–1525
|
Munich
|
Germany
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart
|
4,181[71]
|
|
|
2,000[71]
|
1898–1954
|
Newark, New Jersey
|
United States
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Se Cathedral
|
4,180
|
|
|
|
1619–1640
|
Goa, India
|
India
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| St. Stephen's Basilica
|
4,147
|
|
|
|
1851–1906
|
Budapest
|
Hungary
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis (St. Louis)
|
4,130[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
1907–1914
|
St. Louis
|
United States
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Mosaics 7,700 square meters[citation needed]
|
| Saint Isaac's Cathedral
|
4,000 +[72]
|
7,000
|
260,000
|
|
1818–1858
|
Saint Petersburg
|
Russia
|
Eastern Orthodox (Russian)
|
Built as a cathedral, now a museum
|
| Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
|
3,980[73]
|
6,829.3[73]
|
101,992[73]
|
9,500[73]
|
1839–1883
|
Moscow
|
Russia
|
Eastern Orthodox (Russian)
|
Rebuilt from 1995 to 2000
|
| Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, Yerevan
|
3,822[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
1997–2001
|
Yerevan
|
Armenia
|
Oriental Orthodox (Armenian)
|
|
| Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral
|
3,820[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
2015–2018
|
Raleigh
|
United States
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Catedral Evangelica de Chile or Jotabeche Cathedral
|
3,714.91[74][75]
|
|
|
7,000[76][77]
|
1967–1974
|
Santiago de Chile
|
Chile
|
Protestant (Pentecostal)
|
Largest capacity in Chile; national historic monument since 2013.[78][74][79][80][81]
|
| Church of Saint Sava
|
3,650[82]
|
4,830[83]
|
170,000[84]
|
|
1935–1989
|
Belgrade
|
Serbia
|
Eastern Orthodox (Serbian)
|
Largest church in the Balkans[citation needed]
|
| Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine
|
3,512[85]
|
|
|
1,859
|
2021–2022
|
Oklahoma City
|
United States
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Uppsala Cathedral
|
3,439[86]
|
4,077[86]
|
50,000 excluding towers[86]
|
2,200[86]
|
1273-1435
|
Uppsala
|
Sweden
|
Church of Sweden
|
Largest Cathedral in northern Europe. Height 118,7m, Length 118,95 m.[87]
|
| Yeonmudae Catholic Church
|
3,360[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
2008–2009
|
Korea Army Training Center
|
South Korea
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
The largest church in East Asia[citation needed]
|
| Grace Cathedral
|
3,357[88]
|
|
|
|
1910–1964
|
San Francisco
|
United States
|
Anglican (Episcopal Church in the U.S.)
|
|
| Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (Lewiston, Maine)
|
3,264
|
|
|
2,200
|
1906–1936
|
Lewiston, Maine
|
United States
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Largest church in the State of Maine, still serves mass in French.
|
| Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
|
3,170[89]
|
|
86,000[90]
|
|
1882–1912
|
Sofia
|
Bulgaria
|
Eastern Orthodox (Bulgaria)
|
|
| St. Charles Borromeo (Visalia)
|
3,159[91]
|
|
|
3,148 seated[92]
|
2011–2023[93]
|
Visalia, California
|
United States
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Largest Catholic parish church in North America.
|
| Christ Cathedral
|
3,030[94]
|
|
|
|
1977–1980
|
Garden Grove, California
|
United States
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Formerly known as the Crystal Cathedral. Consecrated as the Christ Cathedral[95]
|
| Westminster Abbey
|
2,972[96]
|
|
|
2,200[97]
|
960–c. 18 cent.
|
London
|
United Kingdom
|
Anglican (Church of England)
|
|
| St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne
|
2,621
|
|
|
|
1858-1939
|
Melbourne
|
Australia
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Sümi Baptist Church, Zünheboto
|
2,885
|
|
|
8,500
|
2007–2017
|
Zunheboto, Nagaland
|
India
|
Protestant (Baptist)
|
|
| St Andrew's Cathedral, Patras
|
2,600[98]
|
|
|
|
1908–1974
|
Patras
|
Greece
|
Eastern Orthodox (Greek)
|
1,900 m2 on the ground floor and additionally 700 m2 on the first level (used as a gynaeconitis)
|
| St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney
|
2,600[99]
|
|
|
|
1868–2000
|
Sydney
|
Australia
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| St. Patrick's Cathedral (Manhattan)
|
2,500
|
|
|
2,400[100]
|
1858–1878
|
New York City, New York
|
United States
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Beomeo Cathedral
|
2,463[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
2013–2016
|
Daegu
|
South Korea
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Helsinki Cathedral
|
2,400
|
|
|
1,300
|
1869–1887
|
Helsinki
|
Finland
|
Protestant (Lutheran)
|
|
| Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi (Santa Fe)
|
2,322[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
1869–1887
|
Santa Fe, New Mexico
|
United States
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Basilica of Our Lady of Dolours, Thrissur
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2,300[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
1929–2005
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Thrissur
|
India
|
Catholic (Syro-Malabar)
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It has the third tallest tower in Asia[citation needed]
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| St. John's Church, Seongnam
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2,260[citation needed]
|
|
|
|
1994–2002
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Seongnam
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South Korea
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
Until 2009, largest church in East Asia[citation needed]
|
| Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo
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2,191 [citation needed]
|
3,350
|
|
4,000 +
|
1897-1977
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Bendigo
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Australia
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Catholic (Latin)
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One of Australia's largest churches and the third tallest after St Patrick's Cathedral and St Paul's Cathedral. 75 metres (246 ft) long and has a ceiling height of 24 metres (79 ft). The main spire is 87 metres (285 ft) high. [citation needed]
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| Basilica of St. John the Baptist
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2,135[citation needed]
|
|
64,040[101]
|
|
1839–1855
|
St. John's
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Canada
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| St. Joseph Cathedral
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2,125
|
|
|
|
1941
|
San Diego
|
United States
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'Alger
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1,820
|
|
|
|
1944-1956
|
Algiers
|
Algeria
|
Catholic (Latin)
|
|
| Korçë Cathedral
|
1,800[102]
|
|
|
5,500
|
1994-2010
|
Korçë
|
Albania
|
Eastern Orthodox Albanian Orthodox
|
|
| Resurrection Cathedral
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1,660[103]
|
|
|
600+
|
2012
|
Tirana
|
Albania
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Eastern OrthodoxAlbanian Orthodox
|
|