Churches of the world
32,822 churches across 6 continents and 200+ countries — from medieval cathedrals and Nordic stave churches to town and village parish churches worldwide. Data from Wikidata (CC0); summaries from Wikipedia.
The oldest churches in the world
- Basilica of Sant'AmbrogioMilan, Italy 300
- San Pietro ad MensulasSinalunga, Italy 300
- Dura-Europos churchDura-Europos, Syria 300
- St. Nicholas Church, DemreDemre, Turkey 301
- Etchmiadzin CathedralVagharshapat, Armenia 303
- Basilica of MaxentiusRome, Italy 312
- Old St. Peter's BasilicaMunicipio I, Vatican City 320
- Church of the NativityBethlehem, Palestine 327
- Church of Saint George, SofiaStolichna Municipality, Bulgaria 330
- Church of the Holy SepulchreOld City of Jerusalem, Israel 335
- Santa Tecla, MilanMilan, Italy 350
- Hagia IreneEminönü, Turkey 350
Asia 1991
Abucay Church Abucay, Philippines Acts Church Subang Jaya, Malaysia Adaikkala Madha Shrine, Elakurichi Elakurichi, India Adhyatma Niketan Madhya Pradesh, India Adventist Church (Navoiy) Navoiy Region, Uzbekistan Afghan Church Navy Nagar, India Agartala City Baptist Church India Agia Paraskevi Church, Büyükdere Büyükdere, Turkey Agios Georgios Greek Orthodox Church, Kuzguncuk Kuzguncuk, Turkey Agios Nikolaos Church Adana, Turkey Agios Panteleimonas Greek Orthodox Church, Kuzguncuk Istanbul, Turkey Akbar's Church Agra, India Al-Qalis Church Sanaa, Yemen Al-Tahera Church, Mosul Mosul, Iraq Al-Tahira Syriac Catholic Church Nineveh Governorate, Iraq Ala Mosque Kadirli, Turkey Alakilise Demre, Turkey Alaminos Cathedral Alaminos, Philippines Alburquerque Church Alburquerque, Philippines Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Baku Baku, Azerbaijan Alexander Nevsky Chapel, Fergana Fergana, Uzbekistan Alexander Nevsky Church, Ganja Nizami raion, Azerbaijan Alexander's Courtyard Jerusalem, Israel All Saints Cathedral, Prayagraj Prayagraj, India All Saints Church, Bulandshahr India All Saints Church, Jakarta Jakarta, Indonesia All Saints Church, Peshawar Peshawar, Pakistan All Saints Church, Secunderabad Secunderabad, India All Saints Church, Shanghai Luwan District, People's Republic of China All Saints Church, Srinagar Srinagar, India All Saints Church, Vithura India All Saints Garrison Church, Lucknow Lucknow, India All Saints' Cathedral, Hong Kong Yau Tsim Mong District, People's Republic of China All Saints' Church, Borella Borella, Sri Lanka All Saints' Church, Galle Sri Lanka All Saints' Church, Malabar Hill Mumbai, India All Saints' Church, Taiping Larut, Matang and Selama, Malaysia All Saints' Church, Tianjin Tianjin, People's Republic of China All Souls' Church, Cameron Highlands Cameron Highlands District, Malaysia Amaradeva Asapuwa Battaramulla, Sri Lanka Ambroli Church India Anandashram, Kanhangad India Anderson Church, Chennai George Town, India Antipolo Cathedral Philippines Aowei Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Fuzhou, People's Republic of China Apung Mamacalulu Philippines Aqaba Church Aqaba, Jordan Archbishop's House Dhaka, Bangladesh
See all 1,991 in Asia → Americas 9798
12Stone Lawrenceville, United States 16th Street Baptist Church Birmingham, United States A Little White Wedding Chapel Nevada, United States AME Church of New Haven New Haven, United States ATLAH World Missionary Church Manhattan, United States Abingdon Church Gloucester County, United States Abington Congregational Church Pomfret, United States Abundant Living Faith Center Texas, United States Abyssinian Baptist Church Manhattan, United States Ackerville Baptist Church of Christ Wilcox County, United States Acton Congregational Church Acton, United States Acworth Congregational Church Acworth, United States Adams Grove Presbyterian Church Dallas County, United States Addison Baptist Church Addison, United States Advent Christian Church (John Day, Oregon) John Day, United States Advent Lutheran Church (New York City) Manhattan, United States African Church (St. Charles, Missouri) St. Charles, United States African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas Philadelphia, United States African Meeting House Boston, United States African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cumberland, Maryland) Cumberland, United States African Zion Baptist Church Kanawha County, United States African-American Catholic Congregation Washington, D.C., United States Agape International Spiritual Center United States Agnes Flanagan Chapel Portland, United States Agora Grand Event Center United States Aguascalientes Cathedral Aguascalientes Municipality, Mexico Aimwell Baptist Church Mobile, United States Akron Baptist Temple Akron, United States Alabama Methodist Church Union Parish, United States Alajuela Cathedral Alajuela, Costa Rica Alamo Methodist Church Texas, United States Alaska Baptist Resource Network Alaska, United States Alberts Chapel Calhoun County, United States Albion Methodist Church Albion, United States Albright United Methodist Church Pittsburgh, United States Albuquerque New Mexico Temple New Mexico, United States Alcatraz Morgue San Francisco, United States Alexander Memorial Baptist Church United States Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Allison Park Pittsburgh, United States Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Howell Howell, United States Alexander Nevsky Chapel, Akutan Akutan, United States Alexander Street Baptist Church Toronto, Canada Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church Kansas, United States Alfred Street Baptist Church Virginia, United States Algoma Boulevard United Methodist Church Oshkosh, United States Algood United Methodist Church Algood, United States All Angels' Church Manhattan, United States All Angels' Church (New York City) Manhattan, United States
See all 9,798 in Americas → Europe 19525
286, Southampton City of Southampton, United Kingdom Aachen Cathedral Aachen-Mitte, Germany Aachen Chapel of Hungary Aachen, Germany Abbatial church of Notre-Dame de Mouzon Mouzon, France Abbatial church of Santa Maria della Sanità (Genoa) Genoa, Italy Abbazia della Misericordia Venice, Italy Abbazia di Santo Spirito, Caltanissetta Caltanissetta, Italy Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Hastière Hastière, Belgium Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Saint-Savin, France Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy Conques-en-Rouergue, France Abbey Church, Czerwińsk nad Wisłą Czerwińsk nad Wisłą, Poland Abbey Presbyterian Church, Dublin Dublin, Ireland Abbey church of Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye Saint Antoine l'Abbaye, France Abbey of Frassinoro Frassinoro, Italy Abbey of Fruttuaria San Benigno Canavese, Italy Abbey of Leno Leno, Italy Abbey of Monte Cassino Cassino, Italy Abbey of Monteveglio Valsamoggia, Italy Abbey of Nonantola Nonantola, Italy Abbey of Saint Genevieve 5th arrondissement of Paris, France Abbey of Saint John in Argentella Palombara Sabina, Italy Abbey of Saint Peter (Assisi) Assisi, Italy Abbey of Saint-Arnould Metz, France Abbey of Saint-Hubert Saint-Hubert, Belgium Abbey of Saint-Marcel-lès-Chalon Saint-Marcel, France Abbey of Saints Ulrich and Afra Augsburg, Germany Abbey of San Caprasio, Aulla Aulla, Italy Abbey of San Cassiano, Narni Narni, Italy Abbey of San Clemente al Volmano Notaresco, Italy Abbey of San Felice and Mauro Sant'Anatolia di Narco, Italy Abbey of San Giusto, Carmignano Carmignano, Italy Abbey of San Martino al Cimino Viterbo, Italy Abbey of San Martino delle Scale Monreale, Italy Abbey of San Mercuriale, Forlì Forlì, Italy Abbey of San Nazzaro e Celso San Nazzaro Sesia, Italy Abbey of San Pancrazio al Fango Grosseto, Italy Abbey of San Pedro de Siresa Valle de Hecho, Spain Abbey of San Rabano Grosseto, Italy Abbey of Santa Giustina Padua, Italy Abbey of Santa Maria a Mare Isole Tremiti, Italy Abbey of Santa Maria in Montepiano Vernio, Italy Abbey of Sestinga Italy Abbey of St Maria del Monte Cesena, Italy Abbey of St Victor, Marseille 7th arrondissement of Marseille, France Abbeygreen Church South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom Abbeystrewry Church Skibbereen, Ireland Abelia church Georgia Abney Park Chapel London Borough of Hackney, United Kingdom
See all 19,525 in Europe → Africa 422
Aba Nigeria Temple Aba, Nigeria Abuna Yemata Guh Tigray Province, Ethiopia Accra Ghana Temple Korle-Klottey Municipal District, Ghana Accra Ridge Church Osu, Ghana Acropolium of Carthage Carthage, Tunisia Action Chapel International Accra, Ghana Adadi Mariam Ethiopia Akwa Ibom International Worship Center Uyo, Nigeria Aliwal North Reformed Church South Africa All Saints Church, Maidstone, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa All Saints Church, Uniondale South Africa All Saints' Cathedral, Cairo Giza Governorate, Egypt All Saints' Cathedral, Kampala Kampala, Uganda All Saints' Cathedral, Nairobi Nairobi, Kenya All Saints' Cathedral, Onitsha Anambra State, Nigeria All Souls Church, Umhlali South Africa Anglican Diocese of Ho Ghana Anglican Diocese of Ikwerre Nigeria Anglican Diocese of Koforidua Ghana Anglican Diocese of Osun Osogbo, Nigeria Annunciation Cathedral, Cairo Cairo, Egypt Archangel Michael's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral Aswan, Egypt Assumpta Cathedral Owerri, Nigeria Asterius Chapel Carthage, Tunisia Azania Front Lutheran Church Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Baptist Church, Troyeville Johannesburg, South Africa Basilica of Damous El Karita Carthage, Tunisia Basilica of Our Lady of Peace Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast Basilica of Saint Augustine (Annaba) Annaba, Algeria Basilica of Saint-Cyprien Carthage, Tunisia Basilica of Sainte-Anne-du-Congo in Brazzaville Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo Basilica of St Therese of the Child Jesus, Cairo Cairo Governorate, Egypt Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Lodonga Lodonga, Uganda Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Mongomo Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea Basilica of the Uganda Martyrs, Namugongo Wakiso District, Uganda Basilique Marie-Reine-des-Apôtres Centre, Cameroon Basilique Notre-Dame de la Délivrance Senegal Basilique de l'Immaculée Conception Ouidah, Benin Beaufort West Reformed Church Beaufort West, South Africa Benghazi Cathedral Benghazi, Libya Biete Abba Libanos Lalibela, Ethiopia Biete Amanuel Ethiopia Biete Gabriel-Rufael Lalibela, Ethiopia Biete Lehem Lalibela, Ethiopia Biete Maryam Lalibela, Ethiopia Biete Medhane Alem Lalibela, Ethiopia Biete Meskel Lalibela, Ethiopia Biete Qeddus Mercoreus Lalibela, Ethiopia
See all 422 in Africa → Oceania 623
Adelaide Australia Temple South Australia, Australia Air Church Queensland, Australia Albert Hall, Brisbane Brisbane, Australia Albert Street Uniting Church Brisbane, Australia All Saints Anglican Church, Brisbane Queensland, Australia All Saints Anglican Church, Canberra Australian Capital Territory, Australia All Saints Anglican Church, Darnley Island Queensland, Australia All Saints Anglican Church, Henley Brook City of Swan, Australia All Saints Anglican Church, Petersham New South Wales, Australia All Saints Anglican Church, Yandilla Queensland, Australia All Saints Memorial Church, Tamrookum Queensland, Australia All Saints' Anglican Church, Condobolin Lachlan Shire, Australia All Saints' Anglican Church, Derrinallum Victoria, Australia All Saints' Anglican Church, Newtown Australia All Saints' Anglican Church, St Kilda East Victoria, Australia All Saints' Church, Dunedin Dunedin City, New Zealand All Saints' Church, Hokitika Westland District, New Zealand All Saints' Church, Howick Auckland Region, New Zealand All Saints' Church, Palmerston North Palmerston North City, New Zealand All Souls Anglican Church, Leichhardt New South Wales, Australia Anglican Church of the Annunciation, Broome Shire of Broome, Australia Ann Street Presbyterian Church Queensland, Australia Apia Samoa Temple Samoa Aquinas College Chapel City of South Perth, Australia Ashgrove Uniting Church Queensland, Australia Auckland Baptist Tabernacle Auckland Region, New Zealand Auckland New Zealand Temple Auckland Region, New Zealand Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture Australian Capital Territory, Australia Australian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Australia Baptist Church, Ipswich Queensland, Australia Barrabool Uniting Church Australia Bayside Church Victoria, Australia Blayney Uniting Church New South Wales, Australia Bourke Street Wesleyan Chapel City of Sydney, Australia Brisbane Australia Temple Queensland, Australia Brougham Place Uniting Church South Australia, Australia Brunswick Baptist Church Victoria, Australia Brunswick Uniting Church City of Merri-bek, Australia Caboonbah Undenominational Church Queensland, Australia Calvary Christian Church Queensland, Australia Cardboard Cathedral Christchurch City, New Zealand Cashmere Hills Presbyterian Church Christchurch City, New Zealand Cathedral Church of St Barnabas, Honiara Honiara, Solomon Islands Cathedral of Saints Constantine and Helene City of Perth, Australia Cathedral of St Michael and St John New South Wales, Australia Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane Queensland, Australia Cathedral of the Annunciation of Our Lady New South Wales, Australia Cathedral of the Assumption, Majuro Majuro, Marshall Islands
See all 623 in Oceania →