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The Cathedrals of the Church

How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts.i

Here are gathered the cathedrals and basilicas of the Catholic Church, country by country, each with its own record.

3,693 churches · 148 countries and territories

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One communion.
Thousands of places.

3,693Churches in the register
2,627Cathedral designations
1,362Basilica designations
148Countries & territories
Where they stand
Italy 923Brazil 383United States 294Mexico 150Canada 133Spain 131Philippines 120Argentina 119
Of the Eastern Churches · 122
Melkite Greek Catholic 24Maronite 22Chaldean Catholic 15Byzantine Greek Catholic 10
Both cathedral and basilica
296
Website confirmed against a source
822none that answers 115
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All 148 countries and territories
Albania 3Algeria 8Angola 5Argentina 119Armenia 1Australia 20Bahrain 2Bangladesh 1Belgium 12Belize 2Benin 8Bermuda 1Bolivia 20Bosnia and Herzegovina 6Botswana 1Brazil 383Bulgaria 4Burkina Faso 5Burundi 8Cameroon 11Canada 133Central African Republic 8Chad 6Chile 35China 35Colombia 92Comoros 1Costa Rica 5Côte d'Ivoire 14Croatia 43Cuba 14Cyprus 1Democratic Republic of the Congo 23Djibouti 1Dominican Republic 12Ecuador 20Egypt 14El Salvador 8Equatorial Guinea 5Eritrea 2Estonia 1Eswatini 1Ethiopia 4Fiji 1Finland 1France 77French Guiana 1French Polynesia 1Gabon 6Gambia 1Georgia 1Germany 11Ghana 10Gibraltar 1Grenada 1Guam 1Guatemala 17Guinea 5Guinea-Bissau 2Guyana 1Haiti 8Honduras 7Hong Kong 1Hungary 15India 79Indonesia 41Iran 10Iraq 6Ireland 30Israel 19Italy 923Jamaica 2Jordan 1Kazakhstan 4Kenya 13Kuwait 1Laos 3Lebanon 20Lesotho 4Liberia 2Libya 1Lithuania 16Madagascar 20Malaysia 12Mali 6Malta 1Marshall Islands 1Martinique 1Mauritania 1Mauritius 1Mexico 150Monaco 1Morocco 5Mozambique 9Myanmar 9Nepal 1Netherlands 34New Caledonia 1New Zealand 3Nicaragua 9Niger 2Nigeria 3North Macedonia 3Norway 3Pakistan 2Panama 8Papua New Guinea 1Paraguay 20Peru 53Philippines 120Poland 93Portugal 46Puerto Rico 8Republic of the Congo 7Romania 7Rwanda 1Saint Lucia 1Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1Samoa 1São Tomé and Príncipe 1Serbia 6Seychelles 1Singapore 1Slovakia 20Slovenia 7South Africa 11South Korea 1Spain 131Sri Lanka 4Suriname 1Sweden 1Switzerland 20Syria 12Tanzania 2Thailand 1Togo 1Tonga 1Trinidad and Tobago 2Tunisia 2Türkiye 5Uganda 2United Kingdom 7United States 294Uruguay 13Venezuela 49Vietnam 2Zambia 4Zimbabwe 4

Albania 3

Algeria 8

Angola 5

Argentina 119

Armenia 1

Australia 20

Bahrain 2

Bangladesh 1

Belgium 12

Belize 2

Benin 8

Bermuda 1

Bolivia 20

Bosnia and Herzegovina 6

Botswana 1

Brazil 383

Bulgaria 4

Burkina Faso 5

Burundi 8

Cameroon 11

Canada 133

Central African Republic 8

Chad 6

Chile 35

China 35

Colombia 92

Comoros 1

Costa Rica 5

Côte d'Ivoire 14

Croatia 43

Cuba 14

Cyprus 1

Democratic Republic of the Congo 23

Djibouti 1

Dominican Republic 12

Ecuador 20

Egypt 14

El Salvador 8

Equatorial Guinea 5

Eritrea 2

Estonia 1

Eswatini 1

Ethiopia 4

Fiji 1

Finland 1

France 77

French Guiana 1

French Polynesia 1

Gabon 6

Gambia 1

Georgia 1

Germany 11

Ghana 10

Gibraltar 1

Grenada 1

Guam 1

Guatemala 17

Guinea 5

Guinea-Bissau 2

Guyana 1

Haiti 8

Honduras 7

Hong Kong 1

Hungary 15

India 79

Indonesia 41

Iran 10

Iraq 6

Ireland 30

Israel 19

Italy 923

Jamaica 2

Jordan 1

Kazakhstan 4

Kenya 13

Kuwait 1

Laos 3

Lebanon 20

Lesotho 4

Liberia 2

Libya 1

Lithuania 16

Madagascar 20

Malaysia 12

Mali 6

Malta 1

Marshall Islands 1

Martinique 1

Mauritania 1

Mauritius 1

Mexico 150

Monaco 1

Morocco 5

Mozambique 9

Myanmar 9

Nepal 1

Netherlands 34

New Caledonia 1

New Zealand 3

Nicaragua 9

Niger 2

Nigeria 3

North Macedonia 3

Norway 3

Pakistan 2

Panama 8

Papua New Guinea 1

Paraguay 20

Peru 53

Philippines 120

Poland 93

Portugal 46

Puerto Rico 8

Republic of the Congo 7

Romania 7

Rwanda 1

Saint Lucia 1

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1

Samoa 1

São Tomé and Príncipe 1

Serbia 6

Seychelles 1

Singapore 1

Slovakia 20

Slovenia 7

South Africa 11

South Korea 1

Spain 131

Sri Lanka 4

Suriname 1

Sweden 1

Switzerland 20

Syria 12

Tanzania 2

Thailand 1

Togo 1

Tonga 1

Trinidad and Tobago 2

Tunisia 2

Türkiye 5

Uganda 2

United Kingdom 7

United States 294

Uruguay 13

Venezuela 49

Vietnam 2

Zambia 4

Zimbabwe 4

The cathedra

A cathedral is not the largest church of a diocese, nor the oldest, nor the most beautiful, though it is often all three. It is the church that holds the cathedra, the chair of the bishop, and from that chair it takes its name. The Council teaches that the bishop is to be considered the high priest of his flock, and that the pre-eminent manifestation of the Church is found in the full, active participation of all God’s holy people in the same liturgical celebrations, especially in his cathedral church.ii

There the bishop presides at the sacred liturgy; there the holy oils are consecrated in the week of the Lord’s Passion; there his priests are ordained. Whoever stands in a cathedral stands at the center of a particular church.

The basilica

A basilica bears a different honor. The title is conferred by the Apostolic See, or held from time immemorial, and it binds the church that bears it in a particular way to the Church of Rome. Some basilicas are cathedrals also; many are shrines of pilgrimage; all are marked in this record with their designation, beside the cathedrals, so that neither dignity is confused with the other.

The Churches of the communion

The see churches gathered here are not of the Latin Church alone. The cathedrals of the Eastern Catholic Churches, the eparchial seats of the Maronites, the Melkites, the Chaldeans, the Syro-Malabar faithful and their brethren, stand in this register beside the cathedrals of the West, each marked with its Church. The register may be narrowed to any one of them below; the Churches themselves, twenty-four in communion with the See of Peter, are set out in the communion of Churches.

The keeping of this register

Each church listed here has its own page within the record, joined to its diocese; those pages are kept for members, and this register is not. Where a website is shown as verified, the claim rests on a receipt from the church’s own published statements, checked within the last season; where it is merely listed, it is reported as found and not yet proven. Designations whose citations are still being gathered are withheld rather than guessed. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].

The accounting, stated plainly: 3,693 churches, carrying 2,627 cathedral designations and 1,362 basilica designations, of which 296 carry both. Of their websites, 822 source-verified; the source-verified count refers to website ownership receipts only, never to the designation itself. 3,659 carry coordinates and are drawn on the map; the remaining 34 are in the register and not yet on it. Designation rows that do not own their profile's canonical key are withheld from this register until they do.