Name
|
Area (m2)
|
Gross volume (m³)
|
Capacity
|
Built
|
City
|
Country
|
Denomination
|
Notes
|
Interior
|
Exterior
|
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]
[9]
|
1,200,000
[10]
|
45,000 standing, or 30,000 seated
[11]
[12]
[13]
|
1955–1980
|
Aparecida
|
Brazil
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
Largest
cathedral in the world.
[14]
|
Milan Cathedral
|
11,700
[15]
[16]
|
|
440,000
[17]
|
40,000
|
1386–1965
|
Milan
|
Italy
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
|
Seville Cathedral
|
11,500
[3]
|
23,500
[18]
[b]
|
500,000+
|
|
1401–1528
|
Seville
|
Spain
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
It was a mosque before being rebuilt as a Catholic cathedral.
[19]
[20]
|
Mosque-Cathedral of Cordova
|
|
23,400
[21]
[b]
[c]
|
|
20,000
[24]
|
785–1607
|
Cordova
|
Spain
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
Originally begun as a mosque in 785. Converted to a cathedral in 1236.
[25]
[26]
|
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
|
11,241
[27]
|
|
480,000
[28]
|
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
[29]
|
7,000
[30]
|
1994–2004
|
Licheń Stary
|
Poland
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
9,240 m2
[29] or 10,090 m2
|
Liverpool Cathedral
|
9,687
[31]
|
|
450,000 +
|
3,500
|
1904–1978
|
Liverpool
|
United Kingdom
|
Anglican (
Church of England)
|
|
Basilica of the Holy Trinity
|
8,700
[32]
|
|
130,000
|
9,000
|
2004–2007
|
Fátima
|
Portugal
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
Area given as 12,000m²
[10]
|
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
|
8,515[
citation needed]
|
|
|
|
4th–5th century; rebuilt 1825–1929
|
Rome
|
Italy
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
|
Basilica-Cathedral 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)
|
The basilica proper is 7,989 m2.
[39] Exterior area includes rectory and villa.
|
Hagia Sophia
|
7,960[
citation needed]
|
|
255,800
[40]
|
|
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
[41]
|
|
1248–1880
|
Cologne
|
Germany
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
|
St Paul's Cathedral
|
7,875
[42]
|
|
|
|
1677–1708
|
London
|
United Kingdom
|
Anglican (
Church of England)
|
|
Washington National Cathedral
|
7,712
[43]
|
|
|
|
1907–1990
|
Washington, DC
|
United States
|
Anglican (
Episcopal Church in the U.S.)
|
|
Amiens Cathedral
|
7,700
[44]
|
|
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
[45]
|
Padua
|
Italy
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
|
Cathedral of the Nativity
|
7,500
[46]
|
|
135,000
[47]
|
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 Natn. Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
|
7,097
[48]
|
10,234
|
|
10,000
|
1920–2017
|
Washington, DC
|
United States
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
Interior area only for the upper church / upper floor.
[48]
|
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
[49]
|
9,000
[49]
|
|
6,000
[50]
|
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 or Berliner Dom
|
6,270
[51]
|
|
|
2,000+
|
1451–1905
|
Berlin
|
Germany
|
Protestant (
Lutheran)
|
116 meters high & 73 meters wide; city landmark.
|
Cathedral of Saint Paul (Minnesota)
|
|
6,200 (estimated)
[52]
|
|
|
1906–1915
|
St Paul, Minnesota
|
United States
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
|
Immaculata Church
|
6,169
[53]
|
|
|
1,580
[53]
|
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
[54]
|
|
43,300
|
2,531
|
2007–2008
|
Barneveld
|
Netherlands
|
Protestant (
Calvinist)
|
|
People's Salvation Cathedral
|
6,000
[55]
[56]
|
|
323,000
[57]
[58]
[59]
|
7,000
|
2010–present
|
Bucharest
|
Romania
|
Eastern Orthodox (
Romanian)
|
Tallest and largest (by volume) Orthodox church building in the world.
[60]
[61]
|
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
[62]
|
York Minster
|
5,927
[63]
|
|
|
|
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
[64]
|
|
|
8,000
[65]
|
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.
|
Sagrada Familia
|
5,400[
citation needed]
|
|
|
9,000
|
1882–present
|
Barcelona
|
Spain
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
Unfinished; expected complete sometime after 2026.
[66]
|
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)
|
|
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
[67]
|
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
[68]
|
|
|
|
2012
|
Provo, Utah
|
United States
|
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
|
[69]
|
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
[70]
|
|
|
|
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)
[71]
|
|
|
|
1185–1311
|
Lincoln, England
|
United Kingdom
|
Anglican (
Church of England)
|
|
St. Mary's Church
|
5,000[
citation needed]
|
|
155,000
[72]
|
|
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
[73]
|
|
|
|
1079–1525
|
Winchester
|
United Kingdom
|
Anglican (
Church of England)
|
The longest Gothic cathedral in Europe
[74]
|
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 of St. Thérèse, Lisieux
|
4,500[
citation needed]
|
|
|
|
1929–1954
|
Lisieux
|
France
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
|
Basilica de San Martin de Tours (Taal)
|
4,320
[75]
|
|
|
|
1856–1878
|
Taal,
Batangas
|
Philippines
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
Largest Catholic church in Asia
|
Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire
|
4,273
[76]
|
|
|
|
1083–1375
|
Ely
|
United Kingdom
|
Anglican (
Church of England)
|
|
Frauenkirche
|
4,188[
citation needed]
|
|
185,000–190,000
[77]
|
|
1468–1525
|
Munich
|
Germany
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
|
Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart
|
4,181
[78]
|
|
|
2,000
[78]
|
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 +
[79]
|
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
[80]
|
6,829.3
[80]
|
101,992
[80]
|
9,500
[80]
|
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
[81]
[82]
|
|
|
7,000
[83]
[84]
|
1967–1974
|
Santiago de Chile
|
Chile
|
Protestant (
Pentecostal)
|
Largest capacity in Chile; national historic monument since 2013.
[85]
[81]
[86]
[87]
[88]
|
Church of Saint Sava
|
3,650
[89]
|
4,830
[90]
|
170,000
[91]
|
|
1935–1989
|
Belgrade
|
Serbia
|
Eastern Orthodox (
Serbian)
|
Largest church in the Balkans[
citation needed]
|
Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine
|
3,512
[92]
|
|
|
1,859
|
2021–2022
|
Oklahoma City
|
United States
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
|
Uppsala Cathedral
|
3,439
[93]
|
4,077
[93]
|
50,000 excluding towers
[93]
|
2,200
[93]
|
1273-1435
|
Uppsala
|
Sweden
|
Church of Sweden
|
Largest Cathedral in northern Europe. Height 118,7m, Length 118,95 m.
[94]
|
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
[95]
|
|
|
|
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
[96]
|
|
86,000
[97]
|
|
1882–1912
|
Sofia
|
Bulgaria
|
Eastern Orthodox (
Bulgaria)
|
|
St. Charles Borromeo (Visalia)
|
3,159
[98]
|
|
|
3,148 seated
[99]
|
2011–2023
[100]
|
Visalia, California
|
United States
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
Largest Catholic parish church in North America.
|
Christ Cathedral
|
3,030
[101]
|
|
|
|
1977–1980
|
Garden Grove, California
|
United States
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
Formerly known as the Crystal Cathedral. Consecrated as the Christ Cathedral
[102]
|
Westminster Abbey
|
2,972
[103]
|
|
|
2,200
[104]
|
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
[105]
|
|
|
|
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
[106]
|
|
|
|
1868–2000
|
Sydney
|
Australia
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
|
St. Patrick's Cathedral (Manhattan)
|
2,500
|
|
|
2,400
[107]
|
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)
|
|
Our Lady of Dolours Syro-Malabar Catholic Basilica
|
2,300[
citation needed]
|
|
|
|
1929–2005
|
Thrissur
|
India
|
Catholic (
Syro-Malabar)
|
It has the third tallest tower in Asia[
citation needed]
|
St. John's Church, Seongnam
|
2,260[
citation needed]
|
|
|
|
1994–2002
|
Seongnam
|
South Korea
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
Until 2009, largest church in East Asia[
citation needed]
|
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo
|
2,191 [
citation needed]
|
3,350
|
|
4,000 +
|
1897-1977
|
Bendigo
|
Australia
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
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]
|
|
Basilica of St. John the Baptist
|
2,135[
citation needed]
|
|
64,040
[108]
|
|
1839–1855
|
St. John's
|
Canada
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
|
St. Joseph Cathedral
|
2,125
|
|
|
|
1941
|
San Diego
|
United States
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
|
Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'Alger
|
1,820
|
|
|
|
1944-1956
|
Algiers
|
Algeria
|
Catholic (
Latin)
|
Korçë Cathedral
|
1,800
[109]
|
|
|
5,500
|
1994-2010
|
Korçë
|
Albania
|
Eastern Orthodox
Albanian Orthodox
|
Resurrection Cathedral
|
1,660
[110]
|
|
|
600+
|
2012
|
Tirana
|
Albania
|
Eastern Orthodox
Albanian Orthodox
|