Area 

(m2) Gross volume

Name Capacity Built City Country Denomination Notes
(m³)
Interior Exterior

St. Peter's Largest church in the

15,160[2] 21,095[2] 60,000[3] 1506–1626 Vatican City   Vatican City Catholic (Latin)
Basilica world [1]
Cathedral Largest cathedral in
Basilica of Our 12,000[4][5][6] 18,331[7] 1,200,000[8] 30,000[9] 1955–80 Aparecida  Brazil Catholic (Latin)
the world by area.[10]
Lady Aparecida

Milan Cathedral 11,700[11][12] 440,000[13] 40,000 1386–1965 Milan  Italy Catholic (Latin)

Largest Gothic
Seville
Cathedral 11,520[14] 500,000 + 1401–1528 Seville  Spain Catholic (Latin) religious building in
the world.[15]
Cathedral of St. Anglican (Episcopal
11,241[16] 480,000[17] 8,600 1892–present New York City  United States Unfinished.
John the Divine Church in the U.S.)

Basilica of Our 9,240 m2[18] or 10,090

10,090 300,000[18] 1994–2004 Licheń Stary  Poland Catholic (Latin)
Lady of Licheń m2
Liverpool Anglican (Church of
9,687[19] 450,000 + 3,500 1904–78 Liverpool  United Kingdom
Cathedral England)

Basilica of the Area given as

8,700[20] 130,000 9,000 2004–07 Fátima  Portugal Catholic (Latin)
Holy Trinity 12,000m²[8]
Basilica of
4th–5th
Saint Paul  Italy
8,515 century; rebuilt Rome Catholic (Latin)
Outside the
1825–1929
Walls
Basilica-
Cathedral of
8,318[21] 1681–1872 Zaragoza  Spain Catholic (Latin)
Our Lady of the
Pillar
Florence  Italy
8,300 1296–1436 Florence Catholic (Latin)
Cathedral
Tallest church in the
Ulm Minster 8,260 190,000 20,000 1377–1890 Ulm  Germany Protestant (Lutheran)
world[22]
Basilica of Our Circular base of 102
Lady of 8,167 10,000 1974–76 Mexico City  Mexico Catholic (Latin)
m in diameter[23]
Guadalupe
Cathedral of
8,000[24] 1352–1521 Antwerp  Belgium Catholic (Latin)
Our Lady
Rio de Janeiro
8,000[25] 20,000[25] 1964–76 Rio de Janeiro  Brazil Catholic (Latin)
Cathedral
Basilica of the  Belgium
8,000 1905–70 Koekelberg (Brussels) Catholic (Latin)
Sacred Heart
 Area (m2) Gross volume
Name Capacity Built City Country Denomination Notes
(m³)
Interior Exterior
The basilica proper is
7,989 m2.[28] The
exterior area
(footprint) also
includes a rectory, a
villa, and the two
semicircular
Basilica of Our colonnades, which
Lady of Peace
7,989 30,000[26] 18,000[27] 1985–89 Yamoussoukro  Ivory Coast Catholic (Latin) are not strictly part of
the church. The
basilica has seating
for 7,000 people in
the nave, and
standing room for an
additional 11,000
people, for a grand
total of 18,000 people.
Constructed as a
Byzantine church in
537 before being
converted into a
mosque following the
fall of Constantinople.
It remained the
world's largest
cathedral for nearly
Eastern one thousand years.
Hagia Sophia 7,960 255,800[29] 532–537 Istanbul  Turkey
Orthodox (Greek) In 1934, after the
Ottoman Empire, the
secular Turkish
government decided
to convert into a
museum opened to
the public. This
decision was reversed
and now it is once
again a mosque.
San Petronio  Italy
7,920 258,000 28,000 1390–1479 Bologna Catholic (Latin)
Basilica
Cologne
7,914 407,000[30] 1248–1880 Cologne  Germany Catholic (Latin)
Cathedral
St Paul's Anglican (Church of
7,875[31] 1677–1708 London  United Kingdom
Cathedral England)
Washington
Anglican (Episcopal
National 7,712[32] 1907–90 Washington, DC  United States
Church in the U.S.)
Cathedral
 Area (m2) Gross volume
Name Capacity Built City Country Denomination Notes
(m³)
Interior Exterior
Amiens 200,000 (interior Gross volume slightly
7,700[33] 1220–70 Amiens  France Catholic (Latin)
Cathedral only) below 400,000
Abbey of Santa
7,700 1501–1606[34] Padua  Italy Catholic (Latin)
Giustina
Largest Oriental
Cathedral of Oriental
the Nativity 7,500[35] 135,000[36] 8,200 2017–2019 Cairo  Egypt
Orthodox (Coptic)
Orthodox church in
the world
Yoido Full 7,450  South Korea Largest Pentecostal
44,000+ 12,000 1973 Seoul Protestant (Pentecostal)
Gospel (estimated) church
St. Vitus  Czech Republic
7,440 1344–1929 Prague Catholic (Latin)
Cathedral
Largest Catholic
church in North
Basilica of the America. The interior
National Shrine area refers to the
of the 7,097[37] 10,234 10,000 1920–2017 Washington, DC  United States Catholic (Latin) upper floor. The area
Immaculate of the lower floor is
Conception 12,069 m2, for a total
floor area of
19,166 m2.[37]
Cathedral of La Largest church in
6,968 1884–1932 La Plata  Argentina Catholic (Latin)
Plata Argentina
Saint Joseph's The largest church in
6,825 1904–67 Montreal  Canada Catholic (Latin)
Oratory Canada
Shrine of St.
6,740[38] 9,000[38] 6,000[39] 2003–2006 Nova Trento  Brazil Catholic (Latin)
Paulina
Mexico City
Metropolitan 6,732 1573–1813 Mexico City  Mexico Catholic (Latin)
Cathedral
Palma  Spain
6,655 160,000 (interior) 1220–1346 Palma, Majorca Catholic (Latin)
Cathedral
Reims  France The longest church in
6,650 1211–75 Reims Catholic (Latin)
Cathedral France at 149.17m
116 meters high & 73
Berlin
meters wide,
Cathedral or 6,270 [40] 2000+ 1451–1905 Berlin  Germany Protestant (Lutheran)
remarkable landmark
Berliner Dom
of the city.
Strasbourg  France World's tallest building
6,044 1015–1439 Strasbourg Catholic (Latin)
Cathedral from 1647 to 1874
 Area (m2) Gross volume
Name Capacity Built City Country Denomination Notes
(m³)
Interior Exterior
Cathedral of
Our Lady of the 6,038 1998–2002 Los Angeles  United States Catholic (Latin)
Angels
De Hoeksteen,
6,020[41] 43,300 2,531 2007–08 Barneveld  Netherlands Protestant (Calvinist)
Barneveld
Tallest and largest (by
People's
Eastern volume) Orthodox
Salvation 6,000[42][43] 323,000[44][45][46] 7,000 2010–present Bucharest  Romania
church building in the
Orthodox (Romanian)
Cathedral
world.[47][48]
Padre Pio
San Giovanni Vaulted church
Pilgrimage 6,000 6,500 1991–2004  Italy Catholic (Latin)
Rotondo holding 6,500 seats
Church
Largest Gothic
Anglican (Church of
York Minster 5,927[49] 1230–1472 York  United Kingdom
England)
cathedral in Northern
Europe.
Bourges  France
5,900 1195–1230 Bourges Catholic (Latin)
Cathedral
São Paulo
5,700[50] 8,000[51] 1913–1954 São Paulo  Brazil Catholic (Latin)
Cathedral
Esztergom
5,660 1822–69 Esztergom  Hungary Catholic (Latin)
Basilica
1163–1345; Roof and main spire
Notre Dame de
5,500 2019–present Paris  France Catholic (Latin) destroyed by fire on
Paris
(reconstruction) 15 April 2019
Unfinished. Will be
Sagrada  Spain the tallest church in
5,400 9,000 1882–present Barcelona Catholic (Latin)
Familia the world when
finished (172.5m)
Primate
Cathedral of 5,300 1807–23 Bogotá  Colombia Catholic (Latin)
Bogotá
Chartres  France
5,200 10,875 1145–1220 Chartres Catholic (Latin)
Cathedral
New Cathedral,  Austria
5,170 1862–1924 Linz Catholic (Latin)
Linz
Added to
Speyer
5,038 1030-1103 Speyer  Germany Catholic (Latin) the UNESCO World
Cathedral
Heritage List
 Area (m2) Gross volume
Name Capacity Built City Country Denomination Notes
(m³)
Interior Exterior
Provo ward The Church of Jesus
conference 5,038[52] 2012 Provo, Utah  United States Christ of Latter-day [53]
center Saints
Westminster Largest Catholic
5,017 3,000 1895–1910 London  United Kingdom Catholic (Latin)
Cathedral Church in the UK.
Medak Anglican (Church of
5,000[54] 1914–26 Medak  India
Cathedral South India)

Lincoln 5,000 Anglican (Church of

1185–1311 Lincoln, England  United Kingdom
Cathedral (estimated)[55] England)

St. Mary's
5,000 155,000[56] 1343–1502 Gdańsk  Poland Catholic (Latin)
Church
Holy Trinity  Georgia Eastern
5,000 137,000 1995–2004 Tbilisi
Cathedral Orthodox (Georgian)
The longest Gothic
Winchester Anglican (Church of
Cathedral 4,968[57] 1079–1525 Winchester  United Kingdom
England)
cathedral in
Europe[58]
It has a north–south
Almudena
4,800 1883–1993 Madrid  Spain Catholic (Latin) orientation instead of
Cathedral
east–west.
Dresden Largest church in all
4,800 1739–55 Dresden  Germany Catholic (Latin)
Cathedral of Saxony
Basilica of St.
Thérèse, 4,500 1929–54 Lisieux  France Catholic (Latin)
Lisieux
Basilica de San
Largest Catholic
Martin de Tours 4,320[59] 1856–78 Taal, Batangas  Philippines Catholic (Latin)
church in Asia
(Taal)
Ely Cathedral, Anglican (Church of
4,273[60] 1083–1375 Ely  United Kingdom
Cambridgeshire England)
185,000–
Frauenkirche 4,188 1468–1525 Munich  Germany Catholic (Latin)
190,000[61]
Cathedral
Basilica of the 4,181[62] 2,000[62] 1898-1954 Newark, New Jersey  United States Catholic (Latin)
Sacred Heart
St. Stephen's
4,147 1851–1906 Budapest  Hungary Catholic (Latin)
Basilica
 Area (m2) Gross volume
Name Capacity Built City Country Denomination Notes
(m³)
Interior Exterior
Cathedral
Basilica of Mosaics 7,700 square
4,130 1907–14 St. Louis  United States Catholic (Latin)
Saint Louis (St. meters
Louis)
Saint Isaac's Eastern Built as a cathedral,
4,000 +[63] 7,000 260,000 1818–58 Saint Petersburg  Russia
Cathedral Orthodox (Russian) now a museum
Cathedral of
Eastern Rebuilt from 1995 to
Christ the 3,990[64] 6,829.3[64] 101,992[64] 10,000[64] 1839–83 Moscow  Russia
Orthodox (Russian) 2000
Saviour
Saint Gregory
the Illuminator Oriental
3,822 1997–2001 Yerevan  Armenia
Cathedral, Orthodox (Armenian)
Yerevan
Holy Name of
Jesus 3,820 2015–2018 Raleigh  United States Catholic (Latin)
Cathedral
Largest capacity in
Chile, national historic
monument since
2013. 20,000 persons
Evangelical
into it for the
Cathedral of
dedication of new
Chile or 3,714.91 [65][66] 7,000[67][68] 1967-74 Santiago de chile  Chile Protestant (Pentecostal)
“Temple-Cathedral".
Jotabeche
2nd-largest
Cathedral
congregation;
350,000 by one
pastor-
bishop.[69][65][70][71][72]
Church of Saint Eastern Largest church in the
3,650[73] 4,830[74] 170,000[75] 1935–89 Belgrade  Serbia
Sava Orthodox (Serbian) Balkans
Blessed
Stanley Rother 3,512[76] 1,859 2021-2022 Oklahoma City  United States Catholic
Shrine
Yeonmudae
Korea Army Training The largest church in
Catholic 3,360 2008–2009  South Korea Catholic (Latin)
Center East Asia
Church
Grace Anglican (Episcopal
3,357[77] 1910–64 San Francisco  United States
Cathedral Church in the U.S.)
Basilica of
Largest church in the
Saints Peter
State of Maine, still
and Paul 3,264 2,200 1906–1936 Lewiston, Maine  United States Catholic (Latin)
serves mass in
(Lewiston,
French.
Maine)
 Area (m2) Gross volume
Name Capacity Built City Country Denomination Notes
(m³)
Interior Exterior
Alexander
Eastern
Nevsky 3,170[78] 86,000[79] 1882–1912 Sofia  Bulgaria
Orthodox (Bulgaria)
Cathedral

Crystal Garden Grove, Consecrated as the

3,030[80] 1977–1980  United States Catholic (Latin)
Cathedral California Christ Cathedral[81]
Westminster Anglican (Church of
2,972[82] 2,200[83] 960–18c London  United Kingdom
Abbey England)
Sümi Baptist
Church, 2,885 8,500 2007–2017 Zunheboto, Nagaland  India Protestant (Baptist)
Zünheboto

1,900 m2 on the

St Andrew's ground floor and
Eastern
Cathedral, 2,600[84] 1908–1974 Patras  Greece
Orthodox (Greek) additionally 700 m2 on
Patras the first level (used as
a gynaeconitis)
St. Patrick's
Cathedral 2,500[85][86] 2,400[87] 1858–1878 Manhattan, New York  United States Catholic (Latin)
(Manhattan)
Beomeo  South Korea
2,463 2013–2016 Daegu Catholic (Latin)
Cathedral
Helsinki
2,400 1,300 1869–1887 Helsinki  Finland Protestant (Lutheran)
Cathedral
Cathedral
Basilica of St.
Santa Fe, New
Francis of 2,322 1869–1887  United States Catholic (Latin)
Mexico
Assisi (Santa
Fe)
Our Lady of
Dolours Syro-
It has the third tallest
Malabar 2,300 1929–2005 Thrissur  India Catholic (Syro-Malabar)
tower in Asia
Catholic
Basilica
St. John's
Until 2009, largest
Church, 2,260 1994–2002 Seongnam  South Korea Catholic (Latin)
church in East Asia
Seongnam
Basilica of St.
John the 2,135 64,040[88] 1839–55 St. John's  Canada Catholic (Latin)
Baptist
St. Joseph
2,125 1941 San Diego  United States Catholic (Latin)
Cathedral