List of tallest church buildings

Ulm Minster

From the Middle Ages until the advent of the skyscraper, Christian church buildings were often the world's tallest buildings. From 1311, when the spire of Lincoln Cathedral surpassed the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza, until the Washington Monument was completed in 1884, a succession of church buildings held this title. If it is completed, Barcelona's Sagrada Família will become the tallest church in the world, at 170 m (558 ft).

This list does not include church buildings that incorporate a significant portion of space to non-church uses, such as the Chicago Temple Building. It does not include structures from other religions.

Existing

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Note: The church buildings are ordered based on their tallest recorded height in history. Churches in italics and marked with H (for historical) either no longer exist or no longer stand to their original full height as listed. When the current shorter height still is significant, church buildings may be mentioned a second time on the list. To view the tallest present churches, click the sorting button in the H column.

Height metres (feet)	H	Name	Completion	City	Country	Comment
161.5 m (530 ft)		Ulm Minster	1890	Ulm	Germany	Largest Protestant Gothic church in Germany; 768 stairs going up to a height of 143 m. Spires were intended to be shorter, but height increased to surpass Cologne Cathedral.
159.7 m (524 ft)	H	Lincoln Cathedral	1311	Lincoln	England	Today 83 m — spire collapsed in a storm in 1549; Tallest building in the world from 1311 to 1549; Was 103 metres from 1549 to 1807.
158.0 m (518 ft)		Our Lady of Peace Basilica	1989	Yamoussoukro	Ivory Coast	Possibly the largest church in the world (disputed with St Peter's Basilica); world's tallest domed church, the dome being lower but the cross taller than that of St Peter's Basilica, Rome; Tallest Roman Catholic church in the world and in Africa
157.4 m (516 ft)		Cologne Cathedral	1880	Cologne	Germany	Tallest building in the world from 1880 to 1884; largest Gothic church in Germany and tallest Roman Catholic cathedral in the world
153.0 m (502 ft)	H	Beauvais Cathedral	1569	Beauvais	France	Tower collapsed in 1573
151.0 m (495 ft)	H	St. Mary's church, Stralsund	1478	Stralsund	Germany	Today 104 m — spire destroyed by lightning in 1647; tallest building in the world from 1625 to 1647
151.0 m (495 ft)		Rouen Cathedral	1876	Rouen	France	Tallest building in the world from 1876 to 1880 and still the tallest church in France
150.0 m (493 ft)	H	Old St Paul's Cathedral	1240	London	England	Spire destroyed by lightning in 1561 and whole structure destroyed in Great Fire of London of 1666
147.3 m (483 ft)		St. Nikolai, Hamburg	1874	Hamburg	Germany	Tallest building in the world from 1874 to 1876; Only tower remains after 1943 bombing
142.0 m (466 ft)		Strasbourg Cathedral	1439	Strasbourg	France	Tallest building in the world from 1647 to 1874, tallest 15th-century structure in the world
141.5 m (464 ft)		Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń	2000	Stary Licheń	Poland	Largest church in Poland, seventh largest in Europe and eleventh largest in the world
138.0 m (452 ft)		St. Peter's Basilica	1626	Vatican City	Vatican City	largest church in the world both by area and volume
136.4 m (449 ft)		St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna	1433	Vienna	Austria	Tallest church in Austria
136.0 m (446 ft)	H	St. Peter	1491	Riga	Latvia	Tallest church in Baltic states, tower collapsed in 1666 and again in 1721; tower and roof damaged in World War II
134.8 m (440 ft)		New Cathedral, Linz	1924	Linz	Austria	Largest church in Austria, but two metres shorter than Stephansdom since no building in Austria-Hungary was allowed to be higher than Stephansdom
134.5 m (441 ft)	H	Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Lambert	1433	Liège	Belgium	Destroyed by the Liegeois in 1794 after the French Revolution
132.2 m (436 ft)		St. Peter's Church, Hamburg	1878	Hamburg	Germany
132.1 m (433 ft)		St. Michaelis Church, Hamburg	1786	Hamburg	Germany	The tallest 18th-century church in the world
131.3 m (431 ft)	H	Malmesbury Abbey	1180	Malmesbury	England	Spire collapsed in the late 15th or early 16th century
130.6 m (428 ft)		St. Martin's Church, Landshut	1500	Landshut	Germany	Tallest brickwork structure in the world
130.0 m (426 ft)	H	St. Elisabeth's Church (Wrocław)	1535	Wrocław	Poland	today 83 m, spire collapsed in 1529 during storm
129 m (423 ft)		Saint Joseph's Oratory	1967	Montreal	Canada
125.4 m (410 ft)		St Jacobi	1962	Hamburg	Germany
125.0 m (410 ft)		St. Mary's Church, Lübeck	1350	Lübeck	Germany	Tallest church facade with two steeples finished in the Middle Ages and only overtaken in height by Cologne cathedral in 1880
124.0 m (407 ft)		Cathedral of Maringá	1972	Maringá	Brazil	Tallest church in Latin America
123.7 m (521.6 ft)	H	St. Olaf	1500	Tallinn	Estonia	Tallest in Estonia
123.3 m (404 ft)		St. Peter	1973	Riga	Latvia	Once much taller, but still the tallest church in Latvia
123.1 m (404 ft)		Cathedral of Saint Mary	1315	Salisbury	England	Tallest church spire in the United Kingdom, tallest 14th-century structure in the world. Also largest cathedral close in Britain (80 acres/32.4 ha).
123.0 m (404 ft)		Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp)	1521	Antwerp	Belgium	tallest church in the Low Countries
122.5 m (402 ft)		Peter and Paul Cathedral	1733	St. Petersburg	Russia	The world's tallest Orthodox belltower; since adjacent to the main sanctuary, may be considered the tallest Orthodox church
122.3 m (400 ft)	H	Abbaye-aux-Hommes	13th century	Caen	France	Spire replaced by a shorter tower in the 17th century
122.3 m (400 ft)		Church of Our Lady (Bruges)	1465	Bruges	Belgium
121.0 m (397 ft)		Basilica of San Gaudenzio	1887	Novara	Italy
119.8 m (392 ft)	H	Cathedral Basilica of St James the Apostle	1892	Szczecin	Poland	Cathedral tower collapsed during a bombardment in 1944 and currently measures 110.18 m
119.8 m (392 ft)		Riverside Church	1930	New York City	United States	Tallest Church in the United States of America
118.7 m (390 ft)		Uppsala Domkyrka	1435	Uppsala	Sweden	Largest church in Scandinavia
118.3 m (387 ft)	H	Cathedral	1468	Metz	France
117.5 m (385 ft)		Schwerin Cathedral	1892	Schwerin	Germany
117.0 m (384 ft)		St. Peter's Church, Rostock	1577	Rostock	Germany
116.7 m (377 ft)		St. Catherine's Church, Hamburg	1657	Hamburg	Germany
116.5 m (381 ft)	H	Berlin Cathedral	1905	Berlin	Germany
116.0 m (381 ft)		Freiburg Minster	1330	Freiburg	Germany
115.0 m (375 ft)		Chartres Cathedral	1514	Chartres	France
115.0 m (376 ft)		Basílica del Voto Nacional	1988	Quito	Ecuador
114.8 m (376 ft)	H	Collegiate church of St. Mary Magdalene	14th or 15th century	Poznań	Poland	Destroyed in a fire in 1777, finally demolished in 1802
114.7 m (376 ft)		Lübeck Cathedral	1341	Lübeck	Germany
114.6 m (374 ft)		Basilica of St. Michael, Bordeaux	1492	Bordeaux	France
114.5 m (376 ft)		Florence Cathedral	1434	Florence	Italy
114.5 m (376 ft)		St. Andreas	1890	Hildesheim	Germany
114.0 m (295 ft)		Roskilde Cathedral	1405	Roskilde	Denmark
114.0 m (295 ft)		Orléans Cathedral	1345	Orléans	France
113.0 m (371 ft)		Catedral de Manizales	1901	Manizales	Colombia
113.0 m (371 ft)	H	Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church	1895	Berlin	Germany	spire damaged in World War II, current height 71 m
112.7 m (367 ft)		Notre-Dame Cathedral	1549	Amiens	France
112.3 m (369 ft)		Domtoren	1382	Utrecht	Netherlands	the cathedral's nave collapsed during a storm in 1674
112.3 m (370 ft)		Torrazzo of Cremona	1309	Cremona	Italy
112.0 m (390 ft)	H	Reinoldikirche	1520	Dortmund	Germany	Built in 1454 with 112 m (367 ft), collapsed in earthquake 1661, now 104 m (340 ft)
112.0 m (367 ft)		Cathedral of La Plata	1932/2000	La Plata	Argentina	designated cathedral in 1932, towers finished in 2000
112.0 m (367 ft)		Saint Jacob's Church	1894	Lübeck	Germany
111.3 m (366 ft)		St. Paul's Cathedral	1710	London	England	tallest building in London until 1962
111.2 m (367 ft)		Schleswig Cathedral	1894	Schleswig	Germany
110.18 m (363 ft)		Cathedral Basilica of St James the Apostle	1892	Szczecin	Poland	in 1892 - 1944 it measured 119.8 m; until 2008 it was 67 m
110 m (360 ft)	H	Pieterskerk, Leiden	1570	Leiden	Netherlands	today towerless — tower collapsed in 1512
110 m (360 ft)	H	Our Lady Of Lebanon	1992	Juniyah	Lebanon	Tallest Church in the Middle East
110 m (360 ft)	H	St. John's Church, Lüneburg	1384	Lüneburg	Germany	today 108.7 m — spire partially destroyed by lightning in 1406
110 m (360 ft)	H	Catedral Nueva	1733	Salamanca	Spain
109.6 m (361 ft)		Herz-Jesu-Kirche	1891	Graz	Austria
108.8 m (357 ft)		Nieuwe Kerk (Delft)	1496	Delft	Netherlands
108.7 m (357 ft)		St. John's Church, Lüneburg	1408	Lüneburg	Germany	once slightly taller; spire rebuilt from 1406 to 1408
108.5 m (350 ft)		Milan Cathedral	1886	Milan	Italy
108.0 m (355 ft		[Cathedrale Notre Dame de l'Assumption]]	1884	Clermont-Ferrand	France
108.4 m (355 ft)		Zagreb Cathedral	1880	Zagreb	Croatia
108.2 m (367 ft)		Saint Peter's Church	1894	Lübeck	Germany
107.5 m (352.7 ft)		Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe	2008	Zamora de Hidalgo	Mexico
107.20 m (352 ft)		St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Mostar	1999	Mostar	Bosnia and Herzegovina	tallest church in Southeast Europe
107 m (351 ft)		Linköping Cathedral	1886	Linköping	Sweden
106.0 m (348 ft)		Alessandria Cathedral	1885	Alessandria	Italy
106.0 m (348 ft)		Sanctuary of the Black Madonna	1900	Częstochowa	Poland
106 m (348 ft)		Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Luján	1935	Luján	Argentina
106.0 m (348 ft)		St. Joseph's Church, Le Havre	1957	Le Havre	France
106.0 m (348 ft)		Resurrection Cathedral, Shuya	1832	Shuya	Russia
105.0 m (344 ft)		Bayeux Cathedral	1866	Bayeux	France	estimated height; cathedral itself is mostly 12th and 13th century
105.0 m (344 ft)		St. Petri Church	1322	Dortmund	Germany
105.0 m (344 ft)		St. Catherine's Church, Hoogstraten	1550	Hoogstraten	Belgium
105.0 m (344 ft)		St Petri	1310	Malmö	Sweden
105.0 m (344 ft)		St. Patrick's Cathedral	1939	Melbourne	Australia
105.0 m (344 ft)		Regensburg Cathedral	1856	Regensburg	Germany
105.0 m (344 ft)		Klara Church	1888	Stockholm	Sweden
105.0 m (344 ft)		St. Nicholas' Church, Tallinn	1696	Tallinn	Estonia	cathedral itself dates from 1275
104.5 m (342 ft)		Archcathedral Basilica of St. Stanislaw Kostka	1912	Łódź	Poland
104.0 m (341 ft)		Cathedral of Magdeburg	1520	Magdeburg	Germany
104.0 m (340 ft)		Cathedral	1568	Seville	Spain	Tallest cathedral in Spain
104.0 m (340 ft)		Reinoldikirche	1954	Dortmund	Germany	was 119 m (390 ft) from 1520 until 1661
103.3 m (339 ft)		St. Patrick's Cathedral	1878	New York City	United States
103.0 m (338 ft)		Cathedral of Christ the Saviour	2000	Moscow	Russia	Reconstruction of the original cathedral consecrated 1883 and demolished by Soviets in 1931; still the tallest Eastern Orthodox Church church in the world
103.0 m (338 ft)		Les Invalides	1706	Paris	France
103.0 m (338 ft)		St. Stanislaw and St. Waclaw	1496	Świdnica	Poland
103.0 m (338 ft)		Katharinenkirche	1430	Osnabrück	Germany
103 m (338 ft)	H	Lincoln Cathedral	1549	Lincoln	England	Today 83 m — spire collapsed in 1549; tallest building in the world from 1311 to 1549. Was 103 metres from 1549 to 1807.
102.8 m (337 ft)		St. Vitus Cathedral	1554	Prague	Czech Republic	spire was rebuilt after fire in 1541 (top of the spire rebuilt again in 1770), according some sources pre-fire spire, built in 1402, was 156.5 m tall
102.6 m (337 ft)		St. Mary	1854	Chojna	Poland
102.3 m (336 ft)		St Martin's Cathedral, Ypres	20th century	Ypres	Belgium	almost exact replica of the medieval church destroyed during the First World War. This is a proto-cathedral
102.3 m (335 ft)		St. Bartholomew	1600	Plzeň	Czech Republic
102.0 m (334 ft)	H	Martinikerk (Groningen)	1548	Groningen	Netherlands	spire burned down in 1577, now 97 m in height
101.5 m (333 ft)		Saint Isaac's Cathedral	1858	St. Petersburg	Russia
101.0 m (331 ft)		Bielawa	1335	Bielawa	Poland
101.0 m (331 ft)		Liverpool Cathedral	1978	Liverpool	England
100.7 m (330 ft)		Saint Wenceslas Cathedral	1892	Olomouc	Czech Republic
100.0 m (328 ft)		Gedächtniskirche	1904	Speyer	Germany
100.0 m (328 ft)		Münster of Bern	1893	Bern	Switzerland
100.0 m (328 ft)		São Paulo Cathedral	1954	São Paulo	Brazil
100.0 m (328 ft)		Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception	1959	Washington, DC	United States
100.0 m (328 ft)		Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida	1980	Aparecida	Brazil	Steeple at 100.0 m
100.0 m (328 ft)		Basilica	1869	Esztergom	Hungary	still the tallest building in Hungary
99.5 m (326 ft)		Saint Vincent	1883	Eeklo	Belgium
99.5 m (326 ft)		Munich Frauenkirche	1525	Munich	Germany
99.0 m (325 ft)		St. John	1892	Stargard Szczeciński	Poland
99.0 m (325 ft)		Votive Church, Vienna	1879	Vienna	Austria
98.0 m (322 ft)		Marktkirche	1862	Wiesbaden	Germany
98.0 m (322 ft)		Bremen Cathedral	1893	Bremen	Germany
98.0 m (322 ft)		Onze-Lieve-Vrouwentoren	15th century	Amersfoort	Netherlands	rest of church accidentally blown up in 1797
98.0 m (322 ft)		Sint-Vituskerk	1890	Hilversum	Netherlands
98.0 m (322 ft)		St. Martin	1534	Amberg	Germany
97.8 m (321 ft)		Nidaros Cathedral	1300	Trondheim	Norway
97.3 m (319 ft)		St. Rumbold's Cathedral	1520	Mechelen	Belgium	the tower was supposed to be 167 m (+ 545 ft) tall, but the money ran out.
97.3 m (319 ft)		Marktkirche	14th century	Hannover	Germany	Rebuilt after World War II in 1952
97.0 m (318 ft)		Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi	2004	Tbilisi	Georgia
97.0 m (318 ft)		Pavia Cathedral	1885	Pavia	Italy
97.0 m (318 ft)		Temple Saint-Étienne	1866	Mulhouse	France	Tallest Protestant church in France
97.0 m (318 ft)		Grote Kerk	1547	Breda	Netherlands
96.9 m (318 ft)		Martinikerk (Groningen)	1627	Groningen	Netherlands	spire burned down in 1577, was c. 100 tall
96.6 m (317 ft)		Agricola Church	1935	Helsinki	Finland	tallest church in Finland
96.2 m (315.10 ft)		Cathedral	1884	Clermont-Ferrand	France
96.0 m (315 ft)		Basilica-Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pillar	1681	Zaragoza	Spain
96.0 m (315 ft)		Basilica of St. Anthony	1906	Rybnik	Poland
96.0 m (315 ft)		Norwich Anglican Cathedral	1480	Norwich	England	the tallest building in the city of Norwich, UK
96.0 m (315 ft)		Aarhus Cathedral	1500	Aarhus	Denmark
96.0 m (315 ft)		Kreuzkirche	1788	Dresden	Germany
96.0 m (315 ft)		Church of Donaufeld	1914	Floridsdorf	Austria
96.0 m (315 ft)		St. Stephen's Basilica	1905	Budapest	Hungary	still the tallest building in Budapest
96.0 m (315 ft)		St. Paul's Cathedral	1931	Melbourne	Australia
95.7 m (314 ft)		German Church, Stockholm	1884	Stockholm	Sweden
95.1 m (312 ft)		Frauenkirche	1743	Dresden	Germany	destroyed by bombing in 1945 and rededicated in 2005
95.1 m (312 ft)		Kaiserdom	1877	Frankfurt	Germany
94.1 m (309 ft)		Church of St. Walburge, Preston	1866	Preston	England	The tallest parish church in the UK
94.0 m (309 ft)		Martinikerk (Doesburg)	1430	Doesburg	Netherlands
93.8 m (308 ft)		Kreuzkirche	1800	Dresden	Germany
93.8 m (308 ft)		St. John's Cathedral	1861	Limerick	Ireland	Tallest church spire in Ireland
93.8 m (308 ft)		Paderborn Cathedral	13th century	Paderborn	Germany
93.72 m (308 ft)		Peter and Paul Church	1767	Porechye	Russia	Tallest rural belltower in Russia
93.5 m (307 ft)		Church of the Savior on Blood	1907	St. Petersburg	Russia
93.5 m (307 ft)		St. Ulrich und Afra	1594	Augsburg	Germany
93.4 m (306.5 ft)		Cathedral of Saint Paul, National Shrine of the Apostle Paul	1915	St. Paul	United States
92.9 m (305 ft)		St Eusebius' Church, Arnhem	1965	Arnhem	Netherlands
92.9 m (305 ft)		St. James' Cathedral	1853	Toronto	Canada
92.7 m (304 ft)		Nicolaikirche	1895	Lüneburg	Germany	church built from 1407 to 1440, new spire built from 1831 to 1895
92.6 m (303 ft)		Great, or St. James Church	1424	The Hague	Netherlands
92.6 m (303 ft)		Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church	1973	Fort Lauderdale	United States
92.3 m (302 ft)		Cathedral Church of Saint Mary in Murcia	1792	Murcia	Spain
92.0 m (302 ft)		Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt	1505	Schlanders	Italy
92.0 m (302 ft)		Church of St. James	1592	Brno	Czech Republic
91.7 m (300 ft)		National Cathedral	1990	Washington, DC	United States
91.7 m (300 ft)		St. Francis de Sales Church (St. Louis, Missouri)	1908	St. Louis	United States
91.7 m (300 ft)		Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré	1923	Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré	Canada
91.1 m (299 ft)		St. James Church	1878	The Hague	Netherlands
91.1 m (299 ft)		St. Andreas	13th century	Braunschweig	Germany
91.0 m (300 ft)		Cathedral of Hope (Pittsburgh)	1935	Pittsburgh	United States
91.0 m (300 ft)		New Cathedral	1825	Brescia	Italy
91.0 m (300 ft)		St. Mary's Basilica	1884	Kevelaer	Germany
90.5 m (297 ft)		Lange Jan	1300	Middelburg	Netherlands	the tower was rebuilt after destruction by Luftwaffe bombings in 1940
90.5 m (297 ft)		Cathedral	1494	Canterbury	England	cathedral itself dates from 1077
90.0 m (295 ft)		Notre Dame de Paris	1345	Paris	France
90.0 m (295 ft)		Cathedral of Toledo	1440	Toledo	Spain
90.0 m (295 ft)		Coventry Cathedral	1433	Coventry	England	the spire was the only part of the cathedral that survived intact when it was bombed in 1940
90.0 m (295 ft)		St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh	1919	Cobh	Ireland
90.0 m (295 ft)		Cathedral of Santa Eulalia	15th century	Barcelona	Spain
90.0 m (295 ft)		Cathedral	1776	Riga	Latvia
90.0 m (295 ft)		Neue evangelische Garnisonkirche	1897	Berlin	Germany
90.0 m (295 ft)		St. Nikolajs	1829	Copenhagen	Denmark
90.0 m (295 ft)		St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral	1917	Edinburgh	Scotland
90.0 m (295 ft)		St. James' Church	1515	Louth	England
90.0 m (295 ft)		Garnisonkirche St. Martin	1900	Dresden	Germany
90.0 m (295 ft)		Georgskirche	1501	Nördlingen	Germany
90.0 m (295 ft)		El Escorial	1584	San Lorenzo de El Escorial	Spain
90.0 m (295 ft)		Abbaye-aux-Hommes	13th century	Caen	France	formerly much taller
90.0 m (295 ft)		Saint-Eloi	15th century	Dunkirk	France
90.0 m (295 ft)		Basilica of the Sacred Heart	1971	Brussels	Belgium
90.0 m (295 ft)		Co-cathedral	1898	Osijek	Croatia
90.0 m (295 ft)		La Seo Cathedral	1704	Zaragoza	Spain
89.9 m (294 ft)		Vor Frelsers Kirke	1696	Copenhagen	Denmark
89.3 m (292 ft)		St. Bavo's Cathedral	1538	Ghent	Belgium
89.3 m (292 ft)		St Mary Redcliffe	1872	Bristol	England	the previous spire collapsed in a storm in the 1440s
88.9 m (291 ft)		Votive Temple of Maipú	1974	Maipu	Chile	Tallest Church in Chile
88.7 m (290 ft)		Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King	1967	Liverpool	England
88.5 m (290 ft)		St. Peter and St. Paul's Church	1500	Čáslav	Czech Republic
88.3 m (289 ft)		Peterskirche	1885	Leipzig	Germany
88.3 m (288 ft)		Washington Temple	1974	Kensington, Maryland	United States	tallest LDS temple
88.0 m (288 ft)		Cathedral	1558	Segovia	Spain
88.0 m (288 ft)		Cathedral	1400	Burgos	Spain
88.0 m (288 ft)		Pfarrkirche St. Stephan	1725	Stockerau	Austria
87.7 m (287 ft)		Dreikönigskirche	1857	Dresden	Germany	completely destroyed in the 1945 bombing and now rebuilt
87.1 m (285 ft)		Cathedral	1787	Orléans	France
87.1 m (285 ft)		Saint-Epvre	1872	Nancy	France
87.0 m (285 ft)		INC Central Temple	1984	Quezon City	Philippines	tallest church in Metro Manila
87.0 m (285 ft)		Kostol Nanebovzatia Panny Márie	14th century	Spišská Nová Ves	Slovakia	tallest church in Slovakia
87.0 m (285 ft)		Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo	1977	Bendigo	Australia	Tallest provincial Australian church
87.0 m (285 ft)		Stadtpfarrkirche St. Stephan, Braunau	1759	Braunau	Austria
87.0 m (285 ft)		Cathedral of the Assumption	1852	Louisville	United States
86.8 m (284 ft)		Westminster Cathedral	1903	London	England
86.5 m (283 ft)	H	Schlosskirche	1897	Chemnitz	Germany	destroyed in 1945 and rebuilt considerably lower
86.2 m (282 ft)		Liebfrauenkirche	1651	Bremen	Germany
86.2 m (282 ft)		St. Wulfram's Church	1450	Grantham	England
86.2 m (282 ft)		Aegidienkirche	1840	Lübeck	Germany
86.2 m (282 ft)		St. James's Cathedral	1225	Riga	Latvia
86.2 m (282 ft)		Marienkirche	1903	Mühlhausen	Germany	largest parish church in Thuringia
86.2 m (282 ft)		Jakobskirche	16th century	Straubing	Germany
86.2 m (282 ft)		Saint-Ouen	1851	Rouen	France
86.0 m (282 ft)		Lambertikirche	1887	Oldenburg	Germany
86.0 m (282 ft)		St. Catherine Church	1897	Toruń	Poland
86.0 m (282 ft)		St. Georg	1904	Ulm	Germany
85.9 m (281 ft)		Hofkirche	1755	Dresden	Germany	elevated to cathedral status in 1980; the largest church in Saxony
85.9 m (281 ft)		Cathedral of St. Joseph	1962	Hartford	United States
85.9 m (281 ft)		Turku Cathedral	1834	Turku	Finland
85.9 m (281 ft)		St. Elphin's Church	1860s	Warrington	England	church itself dates from 1354
85.9 m (281 ft)		Trinity Church	1846	New York City	United States
85.6 m (280 ft)	H	Basilica of St Denis	1281	Saint-Denis	France	now considerably shorter
85.6 m (280 ft)		Berlin Cathedral	1993	Berlin	Germany	reconstructed after World War II; formerly considerably taller
85.3 m (279 ft)		Westerkerk	1638	Amsterdam	Netherlands	largest Protestant church in the Netherlands
85.3 m (279 ft)		Johanneskirche	1881	Düsseldorf	Germany
85.3 m (279 ft)		Saint-Esprit	1931	Paris	France
85.0 m (278 ft)		St Mary Abbots	1879	London	England	tallest church spire in London
85.0 m (278 ft)		Saint-Nicolas	1850	Nantes	France
85.0 m (278 ft)		St. Martin's Cathedral	14th century	Bratislava	Slovakia	tallest church in Bratislava
85.0 m (278 ft)		Église Saint-Maurice	1893	Strasbourg	France	estimated height
84.0 m (275 ft)		Málaga Cathedral	1782	Málaga	Spain
84.0 m (275 ft)		Cathedral	1882	Đakovo	Croatia
83.8 m (275 ft)		St. Paul's Cathedral	1888	Buffalo	United States	height of large bell tower
83.7 m (274 ft)		Orthodox Cathedral	1946	Timişoara	Romania	tallest church in Romania
83.5 m (274 ft)		St. Mary's Church	1292	Stargard Szczeciński	Poland
83.3 m (273 ft)		La Basilique du Sacré-Coeur	1910	Paris	France
83 m (272 ft)		Lincoln Cathedral	1807	Lincoln	England	today 83 m — spire collapsed in 1549; tallest building in the world from 1311 to 1549. Was 103 metres from 1549 to 1807.
82.9 m (272 ft)		St Botolph's Church, Boston	1520	Boston	England	tallest parish church tower (as opposed to spire) in England
82.0 m (269 ft)	H	Mosque	1198	Seville	Spain	Badly damaged by the 1356 earthquake. Replaced by a new Christian church, Seville Cathedral, between 1402 and 1506.
82.0 m (269 ft)		Chichester Cathedral	1863	Chichester	England	rebuilding of an earlier, slightly lower, spire that collapsed in 1861
82.0 m (269 ft)		St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk	1502	Gdańsk	Poland	the largest brick church in the world; the tower was never completed
82.0 m (269 ft)		Cathedral of Saint Sava	2004	Belgrade	Serbia
81.0 m (266 ft)		St. Peter Cathedral	1893	Erie, Pennsylvania	United States
80.8 m (265 ft)		Our Lady of Zahle and The Bekaa Valley	1905	Zahle, Lebanon	Lebanon
80.7 m (265 ft)		Fort Street Presbyterian Church	1855	Detroit	United States
80.7 m (265 ft)		Memorial Church of Harvard University	1932	Cambridge	United States	The tallest church in Massachusetts and second tallest in New England Memorial Church was built "In grateful memory of the Harvard men who died in the World War", and was dedicated on Armistice Day, 1932.
80.7 m (265 ft)		St. Anthony's Church	1894	Toledo	United States
80.6 m (264 ft)		Saint Lambert Church	1863	Veghel	Netherlands
80.0 m (262 ft)		Gouwekerk	1904	Gouda	Netherlands
80.0 m (262 ft)		St. Michael's Church	1487	Cluj-Napoca	Romania	The tower was built between 1511–1543, but was destroyed by fire in 1697. A second tower was built in 1744, also destroyed in 1763. The present neo-Gothic tower was built between 1837-1860.
80.0 m (262 ft)		St. Mary's Basilica	1406	Kraków	Poland
79.01m (260 ft)		Basilica of Our Lady of Dolours	1929	Thrissur	India	The 3rd tallest church in Asia
79.01m (260 ft)		Gesu Church	1894	Milwaukee	United States	Features two towers; the west tower, which features a belfry and a clock, is taller at 260 feet.
79.0 m (259 ft)		Anykščiai Church	1908	Anykščiai	Lithuania	tallest church in Lithuania
79.0 m (259 ft)		Los Angeles California Temple	1956	Los Angeles	United States
78.1 m (256 ft)		St. Anthony of Padua Church	1912	New Bedford, Massachusetts	United States
78.1 m (256 ft)		Heinz Memorial Chapel	1938	Pittsburgh	United States
78 m (255.9 ft)		Albi Cathedral	1480	Albi	France
78 m (255 ft)		St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church	1872	Charleston, South Carolina	United States	tallest building in Charleston, tallest building in South Carolina for 101 years, and tallest church in South Carolina designed by John Henry Devereux
78 m (255 ft)		Săpânța-Peri Monastery wooden church	2003	Săpânța	Romania	tallest wooden church in the world
78 m (255 ft)		Church of the Assumption	1888	Bratislava	Slovakia
77 m (253 ft)		Michael's Church	1905	Turku	Finland
77 m (253 ft)		Catholic Church of St.Peter and Paul, Bacău		Bacău	Romania
76.8 m (252 ft)		Lichfield Cathedral	1340	Lichfield	England
76.2 m (250 ft)		Sint-Lambertusbasiliek	1890	Hengelo	Netherlands
76.2 m (250 ft)		Basilica of Saint Mary	1914	Minneapolis	United States	The first basilica established in the United States of America
76.2 m (250 ft)		Basilica of St. Josaphat	1901	Milwaukee	United States	Featuring a large copper dome said to be modeled on that of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, it was proclaimed the third minor basilica in the United States by Pope Pius XI in 1929.
76 m (249 ft)		Église Saint-Paul	1897	Strasbourg	France
76 m (249 ft)		St Theobald's Church, Thann	1516	Thann	France
75.6 m (248 ft)		Igreja dos Clérigos	1763	Porto	Portugal
75.0 m (246 ft)		Saint Michael's Church	1890	Rochester	United States
75 m (246 ft)		Lutheran Church of Bistrița	1564	Bistrița	Romania
74.5 m (244 ft)		Church of Hallgrímur	1986	Reykjavík	Iceland	Tallest church in Iceland.

Under construction

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Planned height metres (feet)	Name	Completion	City	Country	Comment
170.0 m (557.8 ft)	Sagrada Família	est. 2026	Barcelona	Spain	The tallest church in the world.
127 m (390 ft)	Romanian People's Salvation Cathedral	est. 2016	Bucharest	Romania	Will become the tallest Orthodox church in the world if completed.

Timeline

Further information: History of the tallest buildings in the world § Churches and cathedrals

See also

• List of tallest Orthodox churches
• List of largest church buildings in the world
• List of highest church naves
• Timeline of three tallest structures in the world

References

History of St. Anthony's Parish, Toledo, Ohio, Anno Domini 1957, F.S. Legowski NRHP certification #71000424