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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 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 largest church building in Poland and one of the largest in the world. 8: St. Peter's Basilica: 136.6 m (448 ft) [2] 1626: Vatican City Vatican City: Catholic: The largest church building in the world both by area and volume 9: St. Stephen's Cathedral
The term church is open to interpretation and debate. However, for the purposes of this article, it will be used to mean any building which was built for the primary purpose of Christian worship, for any recognised denomination of Christianity. This includes all cathedrals (the seat of a bishop), basilicas, and other types of
With an exterior area of 21,095 square metres (227,060 sq ft), [18] an interior area of 15,160 square metres (163,200 sq ft), [19] [20] St. Peter's Basilica is the largest Christian church building in the world by the two latter metrics and the second largest by the first as of 2016.
When the work is completed on the new $21 million St. Charles Borromeo Church in Visalia later this year, the historic building will be the largest Catholic parish church in North America seating ...
List of church buildings, a selection of mosques among the most famous, worldwide List of largest church buildings; List of longest church buildings; List of tallest church buildings; List of oldest church buildings
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic minor basilica and national shrine in Washington D.C. It is the largest Catholic church building in North America [2] and is also the tallest habitable building in Washington, D.C. [3] [4] [a] Its construction of Byzantine and Romanesque Revival architecture began on 23 September 1920.
Guinness World Records lists it as the largest church in the world, having surpassed the previous record holder, Saint Peter's Basilica, upon completion. It has an area of 30,000 square metres (320,000 sq ft) [2] and is 158 metres (518 ft) tall. [3]