List of tallest church buildings

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This list of tallest church buildings ranks church buildings by height. 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.

The tallest church building in the world is the Ulm Minster (161.5 m), the main Lutheran congregation in Ulm, Germany.
The tallest Catholic, as well as the tallest domed church building, is the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace (158 m) in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast.
The tallest church building with two steeples as well as the tallest cathedral is Cologne Cathedral (157.4 m) in Cologne, Germany.
The tallest Eastern Orthodox as well as the tallest domed cathedral is People's Salvation Cathedral (127 m) in Bucharest, Romania.^[1]
The tallest brickwork church building is St Martin's Church (130.6 m) in Landshut, Germany.
The tallest brickwork church building with two steeples is St Mary's Church (125 m) in Lübeck, Germany.
The tallest wooden church building is Săpânța-Peri Monastery church (78 m) in Săpânța, Romania.
The tallest church building in the Americas is the Cathedral of Maringá (124 m) in Maringá, Brazil.
If completed, the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain, will be the tallest church building in the world, at 172.5 metres (566 ft).

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The cities with the most churches surpassing 99 metres (325 feet) are Hamburg (5 of the 29 tallest churches, with 5 towers overall), Lübeck (4 of the 56 tallest churches, two of which with twin towers → 6 towers overall), Vienna (2), Tallinn (2), St. Petersburg (2), New York City (2), Dortmund (2) and Stralsund (2).

The cities with the most churches surpassing 75 metres (246 feet) are Berlin (16), Hamburg (9), Paris (8), Dresden (8), Vienna (7), Stockholm (7) and Munich (7), while in the Americas it is New York City (4).

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Church buildings ≥ 99 m (325 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 non-Christian religions.

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Rank	Name of Church	Height metres (feet)	Completed	Location	Country	Christian denomination	Coordinates	Notes
1	Ulm Minster	161.5 m (530 ft)	1890	Ulm	Germany	Lutheran	48.398497°N 9.991797°E / 48.398497; 9.991797 (Ulm Minster)	World's tallest church; tallest Lutheran church; spire's height originally intended to be shorter but increased in order to surpass Cologne Cathedral
2	Our Lady of Peace Basilica	158.0 m (518 ft)	1989	Yamoussoukro	Ivory Coast	Catholic	6.811126°N 5.296918°W / 6.811126; -5.296918	World's tallest domed church; tallest Catholic church in the world.
3	Cologne Cathedral	157.4 m (516 ft)	1880	Cologne	Germany	Catholic	50.941147°N 6.957283°E / 50.941147; 6.957283 (Cologne Cathedral)	Tallest building in the world 1880–1884; tallest twin tower façade; tallest cathedral in the world; place of the Shrine of the Three Kings
4	Rouen Cathedral	151.0 m (495 ft)	1876	Rouen	France	Catholic	49.440202°N 1.095087°E / 49.440202; 1.095087 (Rouen Cathedral)	Tallest building in the world 1876–1880; tallest church in France
5	St. Nicholas' Church (Only tower)	147.3 m (483 ft)	1874	Hamburg	Germany	Lutheran	53.547505°N 9.990708°E / 53.547505; 9.990708 (St. Nikolai, Hamburg)	Tallest building in the world 1874–1876; only tower remains after 1943 bombing; tower accessible by elevator; a large war memorial
6	Strasbourg Cathedral	142.0 m (466 ft)	1439	Strasbourg	France	Catholic	48.581808°N 7.750361°E / 48.581808; 7.750361 (Strasbourg Cathedral)	Tallest building in the world 1647–1874; tallest 15th-century structure in the world
7	Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń (Separate observation tower)	141.5 m (464 ft)	2000	Stary Licheń	Poland	Catholic	52.323239°N 18.356754°E / 52.323239; 18.356754 (Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń)	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	41.902159°N 12.453566°E / 41.902159; 12.453566 (St. Peter's Basilica)	The largest church building in the world both by area and volume
9	St. Stephen's Cathedral "Steffl"	136.4 m (448 ft)	1433	Vienna	Austria	Catholic	48.208255°N 16.373030°E / 48.208255; 16.373030 (St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna)	Tallest church in Austria; tallest in the area of the former Austria-Hungary; home of the "Madonna of Pötsch" (Madonna von Pötsch); colloquially called "Steffl"
10	New Linz Cathedral	134.8 m (440 ft)	1924	Linz	Austria	Catholic	48.300776°N 14.285868°E / 48.300776; 14.285868 (New Cathedral, Linz)	Largest church in Austria by area, but two metres shorter than St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna since no building in Austria-Hungary was allowed to be higher than St. Stephen's Cathedral (also the reason why there are no taller churches in Budapest and Prague)
11	St. Peter's Church	132.2 m (436 ft)	1878	Hamburg	Germany	Lutheran	53.550367°N 9.996365°E / 53.550367; 9.996365 (St. Peter's Church, Hamburg)	Hamburg's tallest completely preserved church
12	St. Michael's Church "Michel"	132.1 m (433 ft)	1786	Hamburg	Germany	Lutheran	53.548397°N 9.978432°E / 53.548397; 9.978432 (St. Michaelis Church, Hamburg)	Tallest 18th-century church in the world; Hamburg's most famous church; colloquially called "Michel"
13	St. Martin's Church	130.6 m (428 ft)	1500	Landshut	Germany	Catholic	48.534192°N 12.150680°E / 48.534192; 12.150680 (St. Martin's Church, Landshut)	Tallest brickwork structure in the world; tallest church in Bavaria
14	People's Salvation Cathedral	127.0 m^[3] (417 ft)	2025^[4]	Bucharest	Romania	Eastern Orthodox	44°25′33.26″N 26°4′56.37″E	World's tallest domed cathedral; tallest Orthodox church building; home of the largest free-swinging church bell in the world
15	Basilica of San Gaudenzio	126.0 m (413 ft)^[5]	1887	Novara	Italy	Catholic	45.448746°N 8.619520°E / 45.448746; 8.619520 (Basilica of San Gaudenzio)	Tallest church in Italy; 121.0 metres tall without the statue on its top
16	St. James' Church	125.4 m (410 ft)	1963	Hamburg	Germany	Lutheran	53.550359°N 10.000359°E / 53.550359; 10.000359 (St. Jacobi, Hamburg)	Fourth-tallest church in Hamburg; new, modern spire finished 1963
17	St. Mary's Church	125.0 m (410 ft)	1350	Lübeck	Germany	Lutheran	53.867768°N 10.684427°E / 53.867768; 10.684427 (St. Mary's Church, Lübeck)	Second-tallest twin tower façade; tallest twin tower façade finished in the Middle Ages (overtaken by Cologne cathedral only in 1880)
18	Maringá Cathedral	124.0 m (407 ft)	1972	Maringá	Brazil	Catholic	23.426271°S 51.938258°W / -23.426271; -51.938258 (Cathedral of Maringá)	Tallest church in the Americas; tallest in South America
19	Cathedral of Our Lady	123.9 m (406 ft)^[6]	1521	Antwerp	Belgium	Catholic	51.220503°N 4.400593°E / 51.220503; 4.400593 (Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp)	Tallest church in the Low Countries; tallest in Belgium; tallest in Flanders
20	St. Olaf's Church "Oleviste"	123.7 m (405.84 ft)	1450	Tallinn	Estonia	Lutheran	59.441378°N 24.747334°E / 59.441378; 24.747334 (St. Olaf's church, Tallinn)	Tallest church in the Baltic states; tallest in Estonia; tallest Baptist church; according to some sources also the tallest building in the world from 1549 to 1625^{[note 1]}
21	St. Peter's Church	123.3 m (404 ft)	1690/1973	Riga	Latvia	Lutheran	56.947499°N 24.108700°E / 56.947499; 24.108700 (St. Peter's Church, Riga)	Second-tallest church in the Baltic states; tallest in Latvia; tower collapsed in 1666 and again in 1721; tower and roof damaged in World War II, restored in 1973
22	Salisbury Cathedral	123.1 m (404 ft)	1315	Salisbury	United Kingdom	Anglican	51.065008°N 1.797300°W / 51.065008; -1.797300 (Salisbury Cathedral)	Tallest church in the United Kingdom; tallest in England; largest cathedral close in Britain (80 acres (32 hectares)
23	Peter and Paul Cathedral	122.5 m (402 ft)	1733	St. Petersburg	Russia	Eastern Orthodox	59.950128°N 30.316035°E / 59.950128; 30.316035	Second-tallest Orthodox church; tallest Orthodox belltower; tallest church in Russia; tallest in St. Petersburg
24	Riverside Church	119.8 m (392 ft)	1930	New York City	United States	Baptist / United Church of Christ	40.811987°N 73.963135°W / 40.811987; -73.963135 (Riverside Church, New York City)	Tallest church in North America; tallest in the United States; second-tallest in the Americas
25	Uppsala Cathedral	118.7 m^[7] (390 ft)	1435	Uppsala	Sweden	Lutheran	59.858036°N 17.632723°E / 59.858036; 17.632723 (Uppsala Cathedral)	Third-tallest twin tower façade; tallest church in Scandinavia; tallest in Sweden; largest cathedral in Scandinavia (length 118.95 m)
26	Schwerin Cathedral	117.5 m (385 ft)	1892	Schwerin	Germany	Lutheran	53.629626°N 11.413898°E / 53.629626; 11.413898 (Schwerin Cathedral)	Tallest church in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; tallest in Mecklenburg
27	St. Peter's Church	117.0 m (384 ft)	1577	Rostock	Germany	Lutheran	54.090655°N 12.147561°E / 54.090655; 12.147561 (St. Peter's Church, Rostock)
28	St. Catherine's Church	116.7 m (377 ft)	1657	Hamburg	Germany	Lutheran	53.546000°N 9.994023°E / 53.546000; 9.994023 (St. Catherine's Church, Hamburg)	Fifth-tallest church in Hamburg
29–30 (29)	Freiburg Minster	116.0 m (381 ft)	1330	Freiburg	Germany	Catholic	47.995536°N 7.852221°E / 47.995536; 7.852221 (Freiburg Minster)	Tallest church in Baden
29–30 (30)	Klara Church	116.0 m^[8] (381 ft)	1888	Stockholm	Sweden	Lutheran	59.331247°N 18.061234°E / 59.331247; 18.061234 (Klara Church, Stockholm)	Tallest church in Stockholm; second-tallest in Scandinavia and Sweden
31	Church of Our Lady	115.6 m (379 ft)	1465	Bruges	Belgium	Catholic	51.204816°N 3.224361°E / 51.204816; 3.224361 (Church of Our Lady, Bruges)	Second-tallest church in the Low Countries; second tallest brickwork tower in the world.
32	Basílica del Voto Nacional	115.0 m (376 ft)	1988	Quito	Ecuador	Catholic	0.215025°S 78.507711°W / -0.215025; -78.507711	Fourth-tallest twin tower façade
33	Lübeck Cathedral	114.7 m (376 ft)	1341	Lübeck	Germany	Lutheran	53.860756°N 10.684901°E / 53.860756; 10.684901 (Lübeck Cathedral)	Fifth-tallest twin tower façade; earliest of the brickwork churches on the Baltic Sea
34	St. Michael's Basilica (Separate bell tower)	114.6 m (374 ft)	1492	Bordeaux	France	Catholic	44.834353°N 0.565962°W / 44.834353; -0.565962 (Basilica of St. Michael, Bordeaux)	Third-tallest church in France
35–36 (35)	Florence Cathedral	114.5 m (376 ft)	1434	Florence	Italy	Catholic	43.773017°N 11.257033°E / 43.773017; 11.257033 (Florence Cathedral)	Second-tallest church in Italy; tallest in Tuscany
35–36 (36)	St. Andrew's Church	114.5 m (376 ft)	1890	Hildesheim	Germany	Lutheran	52.151628°N 9.949469°E / 52.151628; 9.949469 (St. Andreas, Hildesheim)	Tallest church in Lower Saxony
37	Orléans Cathedral	114.0 m (374 ft)	1345	Orléans	France	Catholic	47.901889°N 1.910492°E / 47.901889; 1.910492 (Orléans Cathedral)
38	Mortegliano Cathedral (Separate bell tower)	113.2 m (371 ft)	1959	Mortegliano	Italy	Catholic	45.943596°N 13.171323°E / 45.943596; 13.171323	Tallest church in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
39–40 (39)	Chartres Cathedral	113.0 m (371 ft)^[9]	1514	Chartres	France	Catholic	48.447479°N 1.487103°E / 48.447479; 1.487103 (Chartres Cathedral)
39–40 (40)	Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Rosary	113.0 m (371 ft)	1939	Manizales	Colombia	Catholic	5.067404°N 75.517270°W / 5.067404; -75.517270	Tallest church in Colombia
41	Amiens Cathedral	112.7 m (367 ft)	1549	Amiens	France	Catholic	49.894584°N 2.302204°E / 49.894584; 2.302204 (Amiens Cathedral)
42–43 (42)	Torrazzo of Cremona (Separate bell tower)	112.3 m (368 ft)	1309	Cremona	Italy	Catholic	45.133786°N 10.025086°E / 45.133786; 10.025086 (Torrazzo of Cremona)	Oldest brick structure taller than 100 m that is still standing (completed in 1309); third tallest brickwork bell tower in the world
42–43 (43)	Dom Tower (Separate bell tower)	112.3 m (368 ft)	1382	Utrecht	Netherlands	Protestant	52.090674°N 5.121308°E / 52.090674; 5.121308 (Dom Tower of Utrecht)	Tallest church structure in the Netherlands; third-tallest in the Low Countries; cathedral's nave collapsed during a storm in 1674.
44–45 (44)	St James' Church	112.0 m (367 ft)	1334	Lübeck	Germany	Lutheran	53.870946°N 10.688602°E / 53.870946; 10.688602 (Saint Jacob's Church, Lübeck)	Third-tallest church in Lübeck
44–45 (45)	La Plata Cathedral	112.0 m (367 ft)	2000	La Plata	Argentina	Catholic	34.922679°S 57.955611°W / -34.922679; -57.955611 (Cathedral of La Plata)	Designated cathedral in 1932, towers finished in 2000
46	St. Paul's Cathedral	111.3 m (366 ft)	1710	London	United Kingdom	Anglican	51.513931°N 0.098306°W / 51.513931; -0.098306 (St. Paul's Cathedral, London)	Tallest church in London; second-tallest in the United Kingdom and England; tallest building in London until 1962
47	Schleswig Cathedral	111.2 m (367 ft)	1894	Schleswig	Germany	Lutheran	54.513471°N 9.568652°E / 54.513471; 9.568652 (Schleswig Cathedral)	Tallest church in Schleswig
48	Cathedral Basilica of St James the Apostle	110.18 m (363 ft)	1892	Szczecin	Poland	Catholic	53.424662°N 14.555576°E / 53.424662; 14.555576	Tallest church in Pomerania; 1892–1944 it measured 119.8 m; until 2008 it was 67 m
49	Sacred Heart Church	109.6 m (360 ft)	1891	Graz	Austria	Catholic	47.069431°N 15.455642°E / 47.069431; 15.455642 (Herz-Jesu-Kirche, Graz)	Third-tallest church in Austria; tallest in Styria
50	Nieuwe Kerk	108.8 m (357 ft)	1496	Delft	Netherlands	Dutch Reformed	52.012135°N 4.360215°E / 52.012135; 4.360215 (Nieuwe Kerk, Delft)	Fourth-tallest church in the Low Countries
51	St. John's Church	108.7 m (357 ft)	1408	Lüneburg	Germany	Lutheran	53.247758°N 10.412392°E / 53.247758; 10.412392 (St. John's Church, Lüneburg)	Second-tallest church in Lower Saxony; once slightly taller; spire rebuilt from 1406 to 1408
52	Milan Cathedral	108.5 m (350 ft)	1886	Milan	Italy	Catholic	45.464251°N 9.192070°E / 45.464251; 9.192070 (Milan Cathedral)	Fifth-tallest church in Italy; tallest in Lombardy
53	Zagreb Cathedral	108.4 m (355 ft)	1880	Zagreb	Croatia	Catholic	45.814443°N 15.979412°E / 45.814443; 15.979412 (Zagreb Cathedral)	Tallest gothic church southeast of the Alps, tallest in Croatia, and former Yugoslavia
54	St Peter's Church	108.2 m (367 ft)	1450	Lübeck	Germany	Lutheran	53.865951°N 10.682964°E / 53.865951; 10.682964 (Saint Peter's Church, Lübeck)	Fourth-tallest church in Lübeck
55	Diocesan Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe	107.5 m (352.7 ft)	2008	Zamora de Hidalgo	Mexico	Catholic	19.983619°N 102.281462°W / 19.983619; -102.281462	The tallest church building in Mexico.
56	St. Peter and St. Paul's Church (Separate bell tower)	107.2 m (352 ft)	2000^[10]	Mostar	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Catholic	43.337902°N 17.808697°E / 43.337902; 17.808697
57	Linköping Cathedral	107.0 m (351 ft)	1886	Linköping	Sweden	Lutheran	58.411093°N 15.616765°E / 58.411093; 15.616765 (Linköping Cathedral)
58–62 (58)	Resurrection Cathedral (Separate bell tower)	106.0 m^[11] (347.8 ft)	1832 ^[11]	Shuya	Russia	Eastern Orthodox	56.856695°N 41.383819°E / 56.856695; 41.383819 (Resurrection Cathedral, Shuya)
58–62 (59)	Jasna Góra Monastery	106.0 m (347.8 ft)	1900	Częstochowa	Poland	Catholic	50.812458°N 19.097061°E / 50.812458; 19.097061	Home of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa (Obraz Matki Boskiej Częstochowskiej)
58–62 (60)	Alessandria Cathedral (Separate bell tower)	106.0 m^[12] (347.8 ft)	1922^[12]	Alessandria	Italy	Catholic	44.912124°N 8.618807°E / 44.912124; 8.618807 (Alessandria Cathedral)
58–62 (61)	Basilica of Our Lady of Luján	106.0 m (347.8 ft)	1935	Luján	Argentina	Catholic	34.564204°S 59.121125°W / -34.564204; -59.121125
58–62 (62)	St. Joseph's Church	106.0 m (347.8 ft)	1957	Le Havre	France	Catholic	49.491011°N 0.101095°E / 49.491011; 0.101095 (St. Joseph's Church, Le Havre)
63–67 (63)	St. Peter's Church	105.0 m (344.5 ft)	1310	Malmö	Sweden	Lutheran	55.606902°N 13.002813°E / 55.606902; 13.002813 (St Petri, Malmö)	Fourth-tallest church in Scandinavia and Sweden
63–67 (64)	St. Peter's Church	105.0 m (344.5 ft)	1322	Dortmund	Germany	Lutheran	51.514637°N 7.459980°E / 51.514637; 7.459980 (St. Petri Church, Dortmund)	Tallest church in Westphalia; place of the "Golden Wonder of Westphalia" (Goldenes Wunder von Westfalen)
63–67 (65)	St. Nicholas' Church	105.0 m (344.5 ft)	1696	Tallinn	Estonia	Lutheran	59.435955°N 24.742222°E / 59.435955; 24.742222 (St. Nicholas' Church, Tallinn)	Third-tallest church in the Baltic states; cathedral itself dates from 1275
63–67 (66)	Regensburg Cathedral	105.0 m (344.5 ft)	1856	Regensburg	Germany	Catholic	49.019389°N 12.097840°E / 49.019389; 12.097840 (Regensburg Cathedral)	Second-tallest church in Bavaria; tallest twin tower façade in Bavaria
63–67 (67)	St. Patrick's Cathedral	105.0 m (344.5 ft)	1939	Melbourne	Australia	Catholic	37.810122°S 144.976506°E / -37.810122; 144.976506 (St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne)	Tallest church in Australia
68	St. Catherine's Church	104.7 m (343.5 ft)	1550	Hoogstraten	Belgium	Catholic	51.400871°N 4.761388°E / 51.400871; 4.761388
69–70 (69)	Seville Cathedral	104.5 m (343 ft)	1568	Seville	Spain	Catholic	37.386203°N 5.992624°W / 37.386203; -5.992624 (Seville Cathedral)	Height of the Giralda (originally a minaret); second-tallest church in Spain; tallest in Andalusia; largest Gothic cathedral in the world; originally built as a mosque
69–70 (70)	Łódź Cathedral	104.5 m (342.8 ft)	1912	Łódź	Poland	Catholic	51.748985°N 19.460228°E / 51.748985; 19.460228
71–72 (71)	St. Mary's Church	104.0 m (341.2 ft)	1478	Stralsund	Germany	Lutheran	54.309972°N 13.087383°E / 54.309972; 13.087383 (St. Mary's Church, Stralsund)	Tallest building in the world 1549–1569 and 1573–1647; third-tallest church in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; second-tallest in Pomerania
71–72 (72)	St. Reinold's Church	104.0 m (341.2 ft)	1954	Dortmund	Germany	Lutheran	51.514745°N 7.467157°E / 51.514745; 7.467157 (Reinoldikirche, Dortmund)	Second-tallest church in Westphalia and Dortmund; was 119 metres (390 ft) from 1520 until 1661
73	Cathedral of Christ the Saviour	103.4 m (339.2 ft)	2000	Moscow	Russia	Eastern Orthodox	55.744692°N 37.605380°E / 55.744692; 37.605380	Tallest church in Moscow; fourth-tallest in Russia; reconstruction of the original cathedral consecrated 1883 and demolished by Soviets in 1931
74–76 (74)	St. Catherine's Church	103.0 m (337.9 ft)	1430	Osnabrück	Germany	Lutheran	52.273195°N 8.042443°E / 52.273195; 8.042443 (Katharinenkirche, Osnabrück)	Third-tallest church in Lower Saxony and Westphalia
74–76 (75)	Świdnica Cathedral	103.0 m (337.9 ft)	1496	Świdnica	Poland	Catholic	50.840992°N 16.491600°E / 50.840992; 16.491600	Tallest church in Silesia
74–76 (76)	Hôtel des Invalides	103.0 m (337.9 ft)	1706	Paris	France	Catholic	48.854992°N 2.312405°E / 48.854992; 2.312405 (Les Invalides, Paris)
77–78 (77)	St. Nicholas' Church	102.6 m (336.6 ft)	1667 / c 1430	Stralsund	Germany	Lutheran	54.315284°N 13.090803°E / 54.315284; 13.090803 (St. Nicholas' Church, Stralsund)	Fourth-tallest church in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; third-tallest in Pomerania
77–78 (78)	St. Mary's Church	102.6 m (336.6 ft)	1854	Chojna	Poland	Catholic	52.962654°N 14.429458°E / 52.962654; 14.429458 (Church of St. Mary, Chojna)
79	St. Anthony's Basilica	102.5 m (336.3 ft)	1905	Rheine	Germany	Catholic	52.281810°N 7.449119°E / 52.281810; 7.449119 (St.-Antonius-Basilika, Rheine)	Fourth-tallest church in Westphalia
80–81 (80)	St. Bartholomew's Cathedral	102.3 m (335.6 ft)	1600	Plzeň	Czech Republic	Catholic	49.747655°N 13.377285°E / 49.747655; 13.377285	Tallest church in the Czech Republic; tallest in Bohemia
80–81 (81)	St. Martin's Cathedral	102.3 m (335.6 ft)	1930	Ypres	Belgium	Catholic	50.851754°N 2.884402°E / 50.851754; 2.884402 (St Martin's Cathedral, Ypres)	Full reconstruction of the medieval church destroyed during World War I. This is a proto-cathedral
82	Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal	102.0 m (334.6 ft)	1967	Montreal	Canada	Catholic	45.491899°N 73.616343°W / 45.491899; -73.616343 (Saint Joseph's Oratory)	Tallest church in Canada; second-tallest in North America; ninth-tallest in the Americas
83	Saint Isaac's Cathedral	101.5 m (333.0 ft)	1858	St. Petersburg	Russia	Eastern Orthodox	59.934127°N 30.306087°E / 59.934127; 30.306087	Fifth-tallest church in Russia; second-tallest in St. Petersburg
84–87 (84)	Magdeburg Cathedral	101.0 m (331.4 ft)	1520	Magdeburg	Germany	Lutheran	52.124587°N 11.634009°E / 52.124587; 11.634009 (Cathedral of Magdeburg)	Tallest church in Saxony-Anhalt; north tower 100.98 m, south tower 99.25 m
84–87 (85)	Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception	101.0 m (331.4 ft)	1866	Boulogne-sur-Mer	France	Catholic	50.726420°N 1.615250°E / 50.726420; 1.615250
84–87 (86)	Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary	101.0 m (331.4 ft)	1876	Bielawa	Poland	Catholic	50.687071°N 16.616722°E / 50.687071; 16.616722	Second-tallest church in Silesia
84–87 (87)	Liverpool Cathedral	101.0 m (331.4 ft)	1978	Liverpool	United Kingdom	Anglican	53.397510°N 2.973151°W / 53.397510; -2.973151 (Liverpool Cathedral)	Third-tallest church in the United Kingdom and England
88	Saint Wenceslas Cathedral	100.7 m (330.4 ft)	1892	Olomouc	Czech Republic	Catholic	49.597567°N 17.262657°E / 49.597567; 17.262657	Second-tallest church in the Czech Republic; tallest in Moravia
89	Bern Minster	100.6 m (330.1 ft)	1893	Bern	Switzerland	Swiss Reformed	46.947321°N 7.451197°E / 46.947321; 7.451197 (Münster of Bern)	Tallest church in Switzerland
90	St. Patrick's Cathedral	100.4 m (329.4 ft)	1888	New York City	United States	Catholic	40.758680°N 73.976770°W / 40.758680; -73.976770 (St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York)	Second-tallest church in the USA and New York City; third-tallest in North America; tenth-tallest in the Americas; spires completed in 1888, the tallest in New York City from 1880 to 1890.^[13]
91	St Mark's Campanile (Separate bell tower)	100.1 m (328.4 ft)	1912	Venice	Italy	Catholic	45.434010°N 12.339055°E / 45.434010; 12.339055 (St Mark's Campanile, Venice)
92–97 (92)	Esztergom Basilica	100.0 m (328.1 ft)	1869	Esztergom	Hungary	Catholic	47.798984°N 18.736238°E / 47.798984; 18.736238 (Esztergom Basilica)	Second tallest building in Hungary
92–97 (93)	St. Ludger Church	100.0 m^[14] (328.1 ft)	1898	Billerbeck	Germany	Catholic		Fifth-tallest church in Westphalia; tallest twin tower façade in Westphalia
92–97 (94)	Speyer Memorial Church	100.0 m (328.1 ft)	1904	Speyer	Germany	Lutheran	49.315101°N 8.429673°E / 49.315101; 8.429673 (Gedächtniskirche, Speyer)	Tallest church in Rhineland-Palatinate; tallest in the Palatinate
92–97 (95)	Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Las Lajas (from the bottom of the canyon)	100.0 m (328.1 ft)	1949	Ipiales	Colombia	Catholic	0.48198°N 77.3596°W / 0.48198; -77.3596 (Sanctuaty of Las Lajas)	Second-tallest church in Colombia
92–97 (96)	Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception	100.0 m (328.1 ft)	1959	Washington, D.C.	United States	Catholic	38.932807°N 77.000886°W / 38.932807; -77.000886	Third-tallest church in the USA; largest Catholic church in North America
92–97 (97)	Cathedral Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady Aparecida (Separate clock tower)	100.0 m (328.1 ft)	1980	Aparecida	Brazil	Catholic	22.849757°S 45.234312°W / -22.849757; -45.234312	Steeple at 100.0 m
98	St Nicholas' Church	99.9 m (327.8 ft)	1653	Greifswald	Germany	Lutheran	54.095417°N 13.377542°E / 54.095417; 13.377542 (St. Nikolai, Greifswald)	Fifth-tallest church in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; fourth-tallest in Pomerania
99	Monastery of Our Lady of Kazan (Separate bell tower)	99.6 m^[15] (326.8 ft)	2014^[15]	Tambov	Russia	Eastern Orthodox	52.721293°N 41.457896°E / 52.721293; 41.457896	The bell tower is the highest point of the monastery being first consecrated in 1848 and destroyed by the Soviet government in 1936. It has now been fully reconstructed in the years of 2009–2014. 99.6 m in official documents. Unofficially claims 107 m.
100–103 (100)	Votive Church	99.0 m (324.8 ft)	1879	Vienna	Austria	Catholic		Fourth-tallest church in Austria; second-tallest in Vienna; tallest twin tower façade in Austria
100–103 (101)	St. Nicomedes' Church	99.0 m (324.8 ft)	1889	Steinfurt	Germany	Catholic		Sixth-tallest church in Westphalia
100–103 (102)	St. John's Church	99.0 m (324.8 ft)	1892	Stargard	Poland	Catholic		Fifth-tallest church in Pomerania
100–103 (103)	Church of Our Lady of Laeken	99.0 m (324.8 ft)	1911	Brussels	Belgium	Catholic		Tallest church in Brussels; seventh-tallest in the Low Countries; fifth-tallest in Belgium and Flanders

Overview – church buildings ≥ 99 m (325 ft) – country and city list

More information Rank, Country ...

Rank	Country	Church buildings ≥ 99 m ≥ 325 ft	Tallest		Rank	City	Church buildings ≥ 99 m ≥ 325 ft	Tallest
1	Germany	30	161.5	1	Hamburg – Germany	5	147.3
2	France	9	151.0	2	Lübeck – Germany	4	125.0
3	Poland	8	141.5	3	Vienna – Austria	2	136.4
4	Italy + Vatican City	8 ^{[note 2]}	136.6	4	Tallinn – Estonia	2	123.7
5	Belgium	5 ^{[note 3]}	124.9	5	St. Petersburg – Russia	2	122.5
6	Russia	5	122.5	6	New York City – United States	2	119.8
7	Austria	4	136.4	7	Dortmund – Germany	2	105.0
8	Sweden	4	118.7	8	Stralsund – Germany	2	104.0
9	United Kingdom	3 ^{[note 4]}	123.1	9	Ulm – Germany	1	161.5
10	United States	3	119.8	10	Yamoussoukro – Ivory Coast	1	158.0
11	Spain	2 ^{[note 5]}	138.0	11	Cologne – Germany	1	157.4
12	Brazil	2	124.0	12	Rouen – France	1	151.0
13	Estonia	2	123.7	13	Strasbourg – France	1	142.0
14	Colombia	2	113.0	14	Licheń Stary – Poland	1	141.5
15	Netherlands	2	112.3	15	Barcelona – Spain	1 ^{[note 6]}	138.0
16	Argentina	2	112.0	16	Vatican City (Rome) – Vatican City	1	136.6
17	Czech Republic	2	102.3	17	Bucharest – Romania	1 ^{[note 7]}	135.0
18	Ivory Coast	1	158.0	18	Linz – Austria	1	134.8
19	Romania	1 ^{[note 8]}	135.0	19	Landshut – Germany	1	130.6
20	Latvia	1	123.3	20	Novara – Italy	1	126.0
21	Ecuador	1	115.0	21	Maringá – Brazil	1	124.0
22	Croatia	1	108.4	22	Antwerp – Belgium	1	123.9
23	Mexico	1	107.5	23	Riga – Latvia	1	123.3
24	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	107.2	24	Salisbury – United Kingdom	1	123.1
25	Australia	1	105.0	25	Uppsala – Sweden	1	118.7
26	Canada	1 ^{[note 9]}	102.0	26	Schwerin – Germany	1	117.5
27	Switzerland	1	100.6	27	Rostock – Germany	1	117.0
28	Hungary	1	100.0	28	Freiburg – Germany	1	116.0
Sum	Earth	104 ^{[note 10]}	161.5

Timeline - the tallest church buildings of their time

More information Tallest in years, Name ...

Tallest in years	Name	Height	Increase	Time span	City	Notes
1311–1549	Lincoln Cathedral	160.0 m (524.9 ft)		238 years	Lincoln	Tallest ever building until 1890, only then was its original height surpassed by Ulm Minster; spire collapsed in 1549; current height 83.0 m (272.3 ft)
1549–1569	St. Mary's Church	151.0 m (495.4 ft)	−5.4%	20 years (94 years)	Stralsund	First mentioned in 1298; collapse of first tower in 1382; second, 151 metres (495 feet) tall spire finished in 1485; current height 104.0 m (341.2 ft)
1569–1573	Beauvais Cathedral	153.0 m (502.0 ft)	1.3%	4 years	Beauvais	Tower collapsed in 1573; current height 47.5 m (155.8 ft)
1573–1647	St. Mary's Church	151.0 m (495.4 ft)	−1.3%	74 years (94 years)	Stralsund	Second spire burned down after a lightning strike in 1647; current, third spire finished in 1708; current height 104.0 m (341.2 ft)
1647–1874	Strasbourg Cathedral	142.0 m (465.9 ft)	−6%	227 years	Strasbourg	Finished in 1439; tallest structure built and finished in the Middle Ages; earliest church to have been the world's tallest which still stands at its original height
1874–1876	St. Nicholas Church	147.3 m (483.3 ft)	3.5%	2 years	Hamburg	Bombed in 1943; demolition of large parts in 1951; tower serves as war memorial
1876–1880	Rouen Cathedral	151.0 m (495.4 ft)	2.7%	4 years	Rouen	Church finished in 1506; its cast iron spire was built between 1825 and 1876; painted by Claude Monet
1880–1890	Cologne Cathedral	157.4 m (516.4 ft)	4.2%	10 years	Cologne	Only church with two main towers to ever have been the world's tallest
since 1890	Ulm Minster	161.5 m (529.9 ft)	2.6%	135 years	Ulm	First time since 1311 that a church surpassed the original height of Lincoln Cathedral; intentionally built a few metres taller than Cologne Cathedral

Church buildings ≥ 75 m (246 ft) < 99 m (325 ft)

Note: The church buildings are ordered based on their tallest recorded height in history. Those listed in italics and marked with H (for "historical") are church buildings no longer in existence (suffix D) or no longer as tall as their previous maximum height (suffix >99 if height today > 99 metres, suffix >75 if height today > 75 metres and suffix <75 if height today below 75 metres). These church buildings may appear a second time on the list if their current shorter height is still greater than 75 metres (3,000 inches). In order to view the tallest present churches in a row click the sorting button in the H column.

More information Height metres (feet), H ...

Height metres (feet)	H	Name	Completed	City	Country	Comment
98.6 m (326 ft)		Munich Frauenkirche	1525	Munich	Germany
98.0 m (280 ft)		Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom)	1905	Berlin-Mitte	Germany	Reconstructed after World War II; formerly considerably taller
98.0 m (322 ft)		Marktkirche	1862	Wiesbaden	Germany
98.0 m (322 ft)		Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren	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
98.0 m (322 ft)		Wrocław Cathedral	1341	Wrocław	Poland
98.0 m (322 ft)	H D	St. Ansgarii	1243	Bremen	Germany	Destroyed in World War II
97.8 m (321 ft)		Nidaros Cathedral	1300	Trondheim	Norway	Northernmost medieval cathedral in the world, and the second largest in the Nordic countries
97.6 m (320 ft)		St. Martin's Church	1883	Malters	Switzerland
97.3 m (319 ft)		St. Rumbold's Cathedral	1520	Mechelen	Belgium	The tower was supposed to be 167 metres (548 ft) tall, but the money ran out.
97.3 m (319 ft)		Marktkirche	14th century	Hanover	Germany	Rebuilt after World War II in 1952
97.0 m (318 ft)		Pavia Cathedral	1885	Pavia	Italy
97.0 m (318 ft)		Temple de Garnison	1881	Metz	France	Nave was demolished in 1952
97.0 m (318 ft)		Temple Saint-Étienne	1866	Mulhouse	France	Tallest Protestant church in France
97.0 m (318 ft)		Grote Kerk^[16]	1547	Breda	Netherlands
97.0 m (318 ft)		St. Martin's Church	1914	Arlon	Belgium
97.0 m (318 ft)		St. Paul's Church, Munich	1906	Munich	Germany
97.0 m (318 ft)		Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse	1954	Lisieux	France
97.0 m (318 ft)		Annunciation Cathedral	2009	Voronezh	Russia
97.0 m (318 ft)		Predigerkirche	18th century	Zürich	Switzerland
96.9 m (318 ft)		Martinikerk	1627	Groningen	Netherlands	Spire burned down in 1577, was c. 100 tall
96.6 m (317 ft)		Mikael Agricola Church	1935	Helsinki	Finland
96.5 m (317 ft)	H<75	St. Salvator's Church	1904	Duisburg	Germany	Destroyed in World War II, rebuilt with a tower height of 62.5 metres
96.5 m (317 ft)^[17]		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^[18]
96.5 m (317 ft)		Great Belfry of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra	1744	Kyiv	Ukraine
96.1 m (315 ft)		Clermont-Ferrand 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	United Kingdom	Tallest building in the city of Norwich, UK
96.0 m (315 ft)		Aarhus Cathedral	1500	Aarhus	Denmark
96.0 m (315 ft)		Church of Donaufeld	1914	Vienna	Austria
96.0 m (315 ft)	H<75	St. Pius' Church (St.-Pius-Kirche) (de)	1894	Berlin-Friedrichshain	Germany	Destroyed in World War II, today 66 metres tall
96.0 m (315 ft)		St. Stephen's Basilica	1905	Budapest	Hungary
96.0 m (315 ft)		St. Paul's Cathedral	1931	Melbourne	Australia
96.0 m (315 ft)		Transfiguration Cathedral	2004	Khabarovsk	Russia
96.0 m (315 ft)		Basilica di San Nicolò	1881	Lecco	Italy
95.8 m (314 ft)		St. Bartholomew's Church	1867	Demmin	Germany
95.7 m (314 ft)		German Church, Stockholm	1884	Stockholm	Sweden
95.3 m (313 ft)		Willibrordi-Dom	1540	Wesel	Germany
95.1 m (312 ft)		Kaiserdom	1877	Frankfurt	Germany
95.0 m (312 ft)		St. Nicholas Cathedral	1907	Elbląg	Poland
95.0 m (312 ft)		Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces	2020	Kubinka	Russia
94.6 m (312 ft)		Herz-Jesu-Kirche	1900	Münster	Germany
94.2 m (312 ft)		Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche	1886	Munich	Germany
94.1 m (309 ft)		Church of St. Walburge	1866	Preston	United Kingdom	The tallest parish church in the UK
94.0 m (315 ft)		Church of the Cross (Kreuzkirche)	1788	Dresden-Innere Altstadt	Germany
94.0 m (309 ft)		Martinikerk	1430	Doesburg	Netherlands
94.0 m (312 ft)		St. James Church (de)	1486	Villach	Austria
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
93.7 m (307 ft)		Belfry of Transfiguration Cathedral [ru]	1804	Rybinsk	Russia
93.7 m (307 ft)		Smolny Cathedral of the Resurrection	1835	St. Petersburg	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
93.0 m (299 ft)		St. Andreas (de)	13th century	Braunschweig	Germany
93.0 m (326 ft)		Saint Vincent's church	1883	Eeklo	Belgium
93.0 m (305 ft)		New Cathedral of Salamanca	1733	Salamanca	Spain	The third tallest cathedral in Spain.
93.0 m (305 ft)		Nikolo-Ugresha monastery	1763	Dzerzhinsky	Russia
93.0 m (305 ft)		Mariahilfkirche	1839	Munich	Germany
93.0 m (305 ft)		Priory Church of St. Augustine		Gelsenkirchen	Germany
93.0 m (305 ft)	H<75	St. Matthew's Church (Matthiaskirche)	1895	Berlin-Schöneberg	Germany	Destroyed in World War II, today 60 metres tall tower
93.0 m (305 ft)		Basilica of the Sacred Heart	1970	Koekelberg	Belgium
93.0 m (305 ft)		Dijon Cathedral	1393	Dijon	France
92.9 m (305 ft)		St Eusebius' Church	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
92.5 m (303 ft)		Duomo di Santa Sofia	1824	Lendinara	Italy
92.5 m (303 ft)		Marienkirche	1892	Kaiserslautern	Germany
92.3 m (322 ft)		Bremen Cathedral	1893	Bremen	Germany
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
92.0 m (302 ft)		São Paulo Cathedral	1954	São Paulo	Brazil
92.0 m (302 ft)		Västerås Cathedral	1693	Västerås	Sweden
92.0 m (302 ft)		Église Saint-Pierre	17th century	Steenvoorde	France
92.0 m (302 ft)		Sacred Heart Church	1907	Turnhout	Belgium
92.0 m (302 ft)		Saint Bartholomew's Church	1911	Gliwice	Poland
91.7 m (301 ft)		National Cathedral	1990	Washington, D.C.	United States
91.7 m (301 ft)		St. Francis de Sales Church	1908	St. Louis	United States
91.7 m (301 ft)		Pfarrkirche Klagenfurt-St. Egid (de)	1725	Klagenfurt	Austria
91.7 m (301 ft)		Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré	1923	Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré	Canada
91.6 m (300.5 ft)		St. James's Cathedral	1225	Riga	Latvia
91.5 m (287 ft)		St. Elizabeth's Church		Wrocław	Poland
91.5 m (300 ft)		Halberstadt Cathedral	1491	Halberstadt	Germany
91.4 m (300 ft)		Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba	1607	Córdoba	Spain	Formerly the second largest mosque in the world, before being converted into a cathedral during the 13th century
91.2 m (299 ft)		Church of St. Magdalene	1820	Alpnach	Switzerland
91.2 m (299 ft)^[19]		Our Lady's Church (Frauenkirche)	1743	Dresden-Innere Altstadt	Germany	Destroyed by bombing in 1945 and rededicated in 2005
91.1 m (299 ft)		St. James Church	1878	The Hague	Netherlands
91.0 m (299 ft)		Cathedral of Hope	1935	Pittsburgh	United States
91.0 m (299 ft)		St. Mary's Basilica	1884	Kevelaer	Germany
91.0 m (299 ft)	H<75	St. Alegundis' Church		Emmerich am Rhein	Germany	Destroyed in World War II, rebuilt with a tower height of 58 metres
91.0 m (299 ft)		St. Joseph	1914	Speyer	Germany
91.0 m (299 ft)		Neubaukirche	1582	Würzburg	Germany
91.0 m (299 ft)		Pfarrkirche St. Marien (Friedland)	1500	Friedland (Mecklenburg)	Germany
91.0 m (299 ft)		New St. John's Church	1874	Munich	Germany
91.0 m (299 ft)		Votive Church of Szeged	1930	Szeged	Hungary
91.0 m (298 ft)		St. Peter Cathedral	1893	Erie, Pennsylvania	United States
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)		Canterbury Cathedral	1494	Canterbury	United Kingdom	Cathedral itself dates from 1077
90.5 m (297 ft)		St. Joseph's Church	1897	Koblenz	Germany
90.3 m (296 ft)		Nikolo-Berlyukovsky Monastery	1899	Avdotyino	Russia
90.1 m (296 ft)		St. Joseph	1891	Viersen	Germany
90.1 m (296 ft)		St. Lamberti	1898	Münster	Germany
90.0 m (295 ft)	H<75	Notre Dame de Paris	1345	Paris	France	Central spire (built in the mid-19th century) destroyed in the April 2019 fire
90.0 m (295 ft)		Cathedral of Toledo	1440	Toledo	Spain
90.0 m (295 ft)		Coventry Cathedral	1433	Coventry	United Kingdom	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	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)		Church at the Southern Star (Kirche am Südstern) (de)	1897	Berlin-Kreuzberg	Germany
90.0 m (295 ft)		St. Nikolajs	1829	Copenhagen	Denmark
90.0 m (295 ft)		Helligåndskirken	1409	Copenhagen	Denmark
90.0 m (295 ft)		St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral	1917	Edinburgh	United Kingdom
90.0 m (295 ft)		St. James' Church	1515	Louth	United Kingdom
90.0 m (295 ft)		St. Martin Garrison Church (Garnisonkirche St. Martin)	1900	Dresden-Albertstadt	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-Éloi	15th century	Dunkirk	France
90.0 m (295 ft)		Co-cathedral	1898	Osijek	Croatia
90.0 m (295 ft)		La Seo Cathedral	1704	Zaragoza	Spain
90.0 m (295 ft)		St. Walpurga's Church	1624	Oudenaarde	Belgium
90.0 m (295 ft)		Liège Cathedral	1812	Liège	Belgium
90.0 m (295 ft)		St. Nicholas Church	1480	Flensburg	Germany
90.0 m (295 ft)		Santa Maria Assunta	1893	Breganze	Italy
90.0 m (295 ft)		St. Mary's Maternity Church	1370	Trzebiatów	Poland
90.0 m (295 ft)		Mariä Himmelfart	1908	Schönau im Schwarzwald	Germany
90.0 m (295 ft)		Mariazell Basilica	17th century	Mariazell	Austria
90.0 m (295 ft)	H<75	Sint-Petruskerk		Oirschot	Netherlands	Pinnacle destroyed by a storm in 1558, actual height: 72 metres
90.0 m (295 ft)	H<75	St. Urbanus	1893	Gelsenkirchen	Germany	Tower was destroyed in World War II, actual height: 48 metres
90.0 m (295 ft)	H<75	St. Peter		Altentreptow	Germany	Tower was destroyed in 1773, actual height: 65 metres
89.9 m (294 ft)		Vor Frelsers Kirke	1696	Copenhagen	Denmark
89.7 m (294 ft)		St. Mary's Church (Marienkirche)	1789	Berlin-Mitte	Germany
89.5 m (294 ft)		Assumption Cathedral	1841	Kharkiv	Ukraine
89.4 m (290 ft)		St. Nicholas Church, Harvestehude (de)	1962	Hamburg	Germany
89.3 m (292 ft)		St. Bavo's Cathedral	1538	Ghent	Belgium
89.3 m (292 ft)		St Mary Redcliffe	1872	Bristol	United Kingdom	The previous spire collapsed in a storm in the 1440s
88.9 m (291 ft)		Votive Temple of Maipú	1974	Maipu	Chile
88.7 m (290 ft)		Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King	1967	Liverpool	United Kingdom
88.6 m (290 ft)		St. Peter's Church	1906	Munich	Germany
88.5 m (290 ft)		St. Peter and St. Paul's Church	1500	Čáslav	Czech Republic
88.5 m (290 ft)		Church of St. Margaret	1894	Wadersloh	Germany
88.43 m (295 ft)		Garrison Church	1732	Potsdam	Germany	Damaged in World War II and later destroyed by the GDR regime. Currently being reconstructed since 2018.
88.3 m (289 ft)		Peterskirche	1885	Leipzig	Germany
88.3 m (288 ft)		Washington Temple	1974	Kensington, Maryland	United States	Tallest LDS temple
88.3 m (288 ft)		St. Martin's Church	14th century	Halberstadt	Germany
88.0 m (285 ft)		St. Gertrude's Church, Uhlenhorst (de)	1885	Hamburg	Germany
88.0 m (279 ft)		St. Johannes Baptist	1247	Warburg	Germany
88.0 m (279 ft)		Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius	1770	Sergiyev Posad	Russia
88.0 m (279 ft)		Luther Church (Lutherkirche) (de)	1894	Berlin-Schöneberg	Germany
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 (de)	1725	Stockerau	Austria
88.0 m (288 ft)		St George's Church	1911	Eindhoven	Netherlands
88.0 m (288 ft)		St. Mary's Church	1877	Neubrandenburg	Germany
88.0 m (288 ft)		Church of St. Anthony	1877	Papenburg	Germany
88.0 m (288 ft)		Church of Saint Johann and Paul	1822	Schüpfheim	Switzerland
87.9 m (288 ft)		St. Bernard's Church	1901	Karlsruhe	Germany
87.7 m (287 ft)		Dreikönigskirche	1857	Dresden-Innere Neustadt	Germany	Completely destroyed in the 1945 bombing and rebuilt 1984-1991
87.6 m (287 ft)		St. Stephen's Church		Tangermünde	Germany
87.6 m (287 ft)		Stadtpfarrkirche Rottenmann (de)	1513	Rottenmann	Austria
87.5 m (287 ft)		Saint Anthony Church	1930	Valmadrera	Italy
87.2 m (286 ft)		St. Mary's Church	1672	Zwickau	Germany
87.2 m (286 ft)		Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church	1875	New York City	United States
87.1 m (285 ft)		Saint-Epvre	1872	Nancy	France
87.1 m (285 ft)		Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi	2002	Tbilisi	Georgia
87.0 m (285 ft)		St. Sebastian's Church (St.-Sebastians-Kirche)		Berlin-Gesundbrunnen	Germany
87.0 m (285 ft)		Church of Saint Myrrhbearers	1820	Kaluga	Russia
87.0 m (285 ft)		Holy Cross Church		Münster	Germany
87.0 m (285 ft)		Trinity Church	1888	Arendal	Norway
87.0 m (285 ft)		INC Central Temple	1984	Quezon City	Philippines	Tallest church in Metro Manila, run by Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ)
87.0 m (285 ft)		Kostol Nanebovzatia Panny Márie	14th century	Spišská Nová Ves	Slovakia
87.0 m (285 ft)		Sacred Heart Cathedral	1977	Bendigo	Australia	Tallest provincial Australian church
87.0 m (285 ft)		St Stephen's Church, Braunau (de)	1759	Braunau am Inn	Austria
87.0 m (285 ft)		Franciscan Church, Salzburg	1498	Salzburg	Austria
87.0 m (285 ft)		Cathedral of the Assumption	1852	Louisville	United States
87.0 m (285 ft)		St. Clement's Church	15th century	Steenwijk	Netherlands	the tower of the church hosts since 1907 a water tank with a volume of 145 m³
87.0 m (285 ft)		Reims Cathedral	14th century	Reims	France
87.0 m (285 ft)		Saint-Nicolas	1545	Saint-Nicolas-de-Port	France
87.0 m (285 ft)		Rodez Cathedral	1531	Rodez	France
87.0 m (285 ft)		Notre-Dame de l’Assomption		Marciac	France
87.0 m (285 ft)		Church of the Transfiguration	1512	Tábor	Czech Republic
87.0 m (285 ft)		St. James' Church	1881	Aachen	Germany
87.0 m (285 ft)		Alexander Nevsky Novoyarmarochny Cathedral	1880	Nizhny Novgorod	Russia
87.0 m (285 ft)		Sacred Heart Church	1952	Gdynia	Poland
87.0 m (285 ft)		Arcipretal Church	1969	Farra di Soligo	Italy
86.9 m (285 ft)		Concordia Church	19th century	Mannheim	Germany
86.9 m (285 ft)		St. Mary's Church	1292	Uelzen	Germany
86.8 m (284 ft)		Westminster Cathedral	1903	London	United Kingdom
86.8 m (284 ft)		Church of St. John the Baptist	1894	Krefeld	Germany
86.8 m (284 ft)		Church of the Redeemer (Heilandskirche) (de)	1894	Berlin-Moabit	Germany
86.6 m (284 ft)		Riddarholm Church	1300	Stockholm	Sweden
86.5 m (283 ft)	H<75	Schlosskirche	1897	Chemnitz	Germany	Destroyed in 1945, today 42 metres tall tower
86.3 m (282 ft)		St. Mary's Church	15th century	Rostock	Germany
86.2 m (282 ft)		St. Wulfram's Church	1450	Grantham	United Kingdom
86.2 m (282 ft)		Aegidienkirche	1840	Lübeck	Germany
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
86.1 m (282 ft)		Modena Cathedral	14th century	Modena	Italy
86.0 m (282 ft)		Mariestad Cathedral	1625	Mariestad	Sweden
86.0 m (282 ft)		Stora Tuna Kyrka	1469	Borlänge	Sweden
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
86.0 m (282 ft)		St. Nicholas' Church	1896	Zwiesel	Germany
86.0 m (282 ft)		St. Mary's Church	1859	Kemberg	Germany
86.0 m (282 ft)		St. Pancras Church	1873	Warstein	Germany
86.0 m (282 ft)		St. Peter and Paul Church	1902	Katowice	Poland
86.0 m (282 ft)		St. Medardus Church	15th century	Wervik	Belgium
86.0 m (282 ft)		Heilandskirche	1888	Leipzig	Germany
86.0 m (282 ft)		Bürgermeister-Smidt-Gedächtniskirche	1855	Bremerhaven	Germany
86.0 m (282 ft)		St. James Church	1901	Zürich	Switzerland
86.0 m (282 ft)	H D	Holy Spirit Church	1728	Potsdam	Germany	Destroyed on April 26, 1945, by fire, demolition of ruin until 1974
85.9 m (281 ft)		Catholic Church of the Royal Court (Katholische Hofkirche)	1755	Dresden-Innere Altstadt	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	United Kingdom	Church itself dates from 1354
85.9 m (281 ft)		Trinity Church	1846	New York City	United States
85.6 m (280 ft)	H<75	Basilica of St Denis	1281	Saint-Denis	France	Now considerably shorter
85.5 m (280 ft)		New Church of St. Margaret	1913	Munich	Germany
85.5 m (280 ft)		Mainz Cathedral	1769	Mainz	Germany
85.4 m (280 ft)		St. Mary's Cathedral	1912	Killarney	Ireland
85.35 m (280 ft)		American Cathedral in Paris	1886	Paris	France
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
85.3 m (279 ft)		St. Mary's Church	1496	Salzwedel	Germany
85.2 m (279 ft)		Church of St. Paul the Apostle (Apostel-Paulus-Kirche) (de)	1894	Berlin-Schöneberg	Germany
85.1 m (279 ft)		St. Paul's Church	1484	Eppan an der Weinstraße	Italy
85.1 m (279 ft)		Meissen Cathedral	1410	Meissen	Germany
85.0 m (278 ft)		St Mary Abbots	1879	London	United Kingdom	Tallest church spire in London
85.0 m (278 ft)		Lutherkirche	1901	Solingen	Germany
85.0 m (278 ft)		Municipal lutheran church	1863	Unna	Germany
85.0 m (278 ft)		Luçon Cathedral	1121	Luçon	France
85.0 m (278 ft)		Saint-Pierre de Marennes [fr]		Marennes	France
85.0 m (278 ft)		Saint-Nicolas	1850	Nantes	France
85.0 m (278 ft)		St. Martin's Cathedral	14th century	Bratislava	Slovakia
85.0 m (278 ft)		Basilica Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption	1411	Włocławek	Poland
85.0 m (278 ft)		Église Saint-Maurice	1893	Strasbourg	France	Estimated height
85.0 m (278 ft)		Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica	1776	Šaštín-Stráže	Slovakia
85.0 m (278 ft)		Church of Sts. Olha and Elizabeth	1907	Lviv	Ukraine
85.0 m (278 ft)		St. Peter and St. Paul's Church	1497	Görlitz	Germany
85.0 m (278 ft)		St. Canisius's Church	1903	Vienna	Austria
85.0 m (278 ft)		Bordeaux Cathedral	15th century	Bordeaux	France
85.0 m (278 ft)		St. Florian Monastery Basilica	1750	Sankt Florian	Austria
85.0 m (278 ft)	H<75	Sankt Johannis		Herford	Germany	Demolished in 1885, replaced by 80 metres tall tower
84.5 m (277 ft)		Pfarrkirche Imst (de)	1493	Imst	Austria
84.2 m (276 ft)		Church of Our Dear Ladies	1651	Bremen	Germany
84.2 m (276 ft)		Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes de Nancy		Nancy	France
84.0 m (276 ft)		Högalidskyrkan	1923	Stockholm	Sweden
84.0 m (276 ft)		Gustav Adolfs Kyrka [sv]	1894	Sundsvall	Sweden
84.0 m (276 ft)		Eglise Saint-André	1865	Reims	France
84.0 m (276 ft)		Málaga Cathedral	1782	Málaga	Spain
84.0 m (276 ft)		Cathedral	1882	Đakovo	Croatia
84.0 m (276 ft)		St. Willibrord's Church	1891	Antwerp	Belgium
84.0 m (276 ft)		Church of Our Lady	1450	Aarschot	Belgium
84.0 m (276 ft)		Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul	1908	Brno	Czech Republic
84.0 m (276 ft)		St. Mark's Church	1895	Chemnitz	Germany
84.0 m (276 ft)		St. George	1494	Freising	Germany
84.0 m (276 ft)		Sankt Michael	1883	Schwalmtal	Germany
84.0 m (276 ft)		Münster Unseren Lieben Frau	1785	Zwiefalten	Germany
84.0 m (276 ft)		Stadtpfarrkirche Linz (de)		Linz	Austria
84.0 m (276 ft)		Mende Cathedral		Mende	France
84.0 m (276 ft)	H D	Neurossgarten Church	1647	Kaliningrad	Russia	Heavily damaged in World War II, ruin removed in 1975
84.0 m (276 ft)		San Carlo al Corso	1847	Milan	Italy
84.0 m (276 ft)		Ponte San Pietro Parish Church		Ponte San Pietro	Italy
83.8 m (275 ft)		St. Paul's Cathedral	1888	Buffalo	United States	Height of large bell tower
83.7 m (249 ft)		Cathedral of St Peter	1221	Bautzen	Germany
83.7 m (274 ft)		Orthodox Cathedral	1946	Timișoara	Romania
83.5 m (275 ft)		St. Nicholas' Church		Löbau	Germany
83.5 m (275 ft)		Blessed Mary Virgin of Angels	1900	Dąbrowa Górnicza	Poland
83.5 m (274 ft)		St. Mary's Church	1292	Stargard	Poland
83.3 m (273 ft)		La Basilique du Sacré-Coeur	1910	Paris	France
83.2 m (273 ft)		Assumption Cathedral	1840	Ryazan	Russia
83.2 m (273 ft)		First Presbyterian Church and Manse	1879	Baltimore	United States
83.0 m (262 ft)		St. Johannis Church, Altona (de)	1873	Hamburg	Germany
83.0 m (272 ft)		Herz-Jesu-Kirche	1909	Cologne	Germany
83.0 m (272 ft)		St. Mary's Church	1896	Lünen	Germany
83.0 m (272 ft)		St. Nicholas' Church	1465	Meran	Italy
83.0 m (272 ft)		Church of San Giulio	1948	Castellanza	Italy
83.0 m (272 ft)		Panthéon	1789	Paris	France
83.0 m (272 ft)		Eglise Saint-Salomon-et-Saint-Grégoire de Pithiviers		Pithiviers	France
83.0 m (272 ft)		Church of Saint-Maclou	1517	Rouen	France
83.0 m (272 ft)		Lincoln Cathedral	1807	Lincoln	United Kingdom	Today 83 m tall — spire collapsed in 1549; tallest building in the world from 1311 to 1549. Was 103 metres from 1549 to 1807.
83.0 m (272 ft)		St Martin's Church	1466	Kortrijk	Belgium
83.0 m (272 ft)		Sint-Hiloniuskerk	1868	Izegem	Belgium
83.0 m (272 ft)		Our Lady of the Rosary Church	1976	Gdańsk	Poland
83.0 m (272 ft)		St. Roch's Church	1946	Białystok	Poland
83.0 m (272 ft)		Church of the Sacred Heart	1902	Olsztyn	Poland
83.0 m (272 ft)		St. John the Baptist Cathedral	1977	Santa Cruz do Sul	Brazil
83.0 m (272 ft)		Church of St. Gummarus	16th century	Lier	Belgium
83.0 m (272 ft)		Church of St. Gummarus	1903	Steenbergen	Netherlands
83.0 m (272 ft)		Tournai Cathedral	13th century	Tournai	Belgium
83.0 m (272 ft)		Sankt Gangolf		Heinsberg	Germany
83.0 m (272 ft)		Sankt Johannes		Dingolfing	Germany
83.0 m (272 ft)		Sankt Lambertus		Erkelenz	Germany
83.0 m (272 ft)		Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen		Halle	Germany
83.0 m (272 ft)		Sankt Maria Rosenkranz		Mönchengladbach	Germany
83.0 m (272 ft)		Sankt Johannes Baptist		Neheim	Germany
83.0 m (272 ft)		Pfarrkirche Maria Alm (de)		Maria Alm am Steinernen Meer	Austria
83.0 m (272 ft)		Mariä-Himmelfahrt-Kirche (de)		Bad Hofgastein	Austria
83.0 m (272 ft)		Kőbánya Szent László-templom	1899	Budapest	Hungary
83.0 m (272 ft)		Templo de La Luz del Mundo	1992	Guadalajara	Mexico
83.0 m (272 ft)		Church of Our Lady of Suffrage and Saint Zita	1881	Turin	Italy
83.0 m (272 ft)^[20]		Basilica of Our Lady of Itatí	1950	Itatí	Argentina	Tallest church dome in South America
82.9 m (272 ft)		St Botolph's Church	1520	Boston	United Kingdom	Tallest parish church tower (as opposed to spire) in England
82.46 m (271 ft)		Saint-Quirico-and-Giulitta Church		Tramin an der Weinstraße	Italy
82.45 m (271 ft)		Church of the Assumption	1903	Bátaszék	Hungary
82.4 m (271 ft)		St. Boniface Church	1884	Leeuwarden	Netherlands
82.27 m (270 ft)		Holy Rosary Church	1922	Tacoma, Washington	United States
82.27 m (270 ft)		Dolo San Rocco Church		Dolo	Italy
82.18 m (270 ft)		St. Catherine's (de)		Braunschweig	Germany
82.05 m (269 ft)		Vigodarzere Parish Church	1897	Vigodarzere	Italy
82.0 m (269 ft)	H>100	Seville Cathedral	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	United Kingdom	Rebuilding of an earlier, slightly lower, spire that collapsed in 1861
82.0 m (269 ft)		St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk	1502	Gdańsk	Poland	Largest brick church in the world; the tower was never completed
82.0 m (269 ft)		Sankt Stephani	1507	Aschersleben	Germany
82.0 m (269 ft)		Heiliggeistkirche	1544	Heidelberg	Germany
82.0 m (269 ft)		St. Peter's Church	1887	Chemnitz	Germany
82.0 m (269 ft)		Abbey of Santa Giustina	1599	Padua	Italy
82.0 m (269 ft)		St. Peter and Paul Church	1758	Kastelruth	Italy
82.0 m (269 ft)		Sankt Marien	1896	Hagen	Germany
82.0 m (269 ft)		Radolfzell Minster	1903	Radolfzell	Germany
82.0 m (269 ft)		St. Mary's Church		Stendal	Germany
82.0 m (269 ft)		Church of Abbey of Saint-Étienne, Caen		Caen	France
82.0 m (269 ft)		Sankt Alexander und Theodor	1766	Ottobeuren	Germany
82.0 m (269 ft)		Stiftskirche Klosterneuburg		Klosterneuburg	Austria
82.0 m (269 ft)		St. Primus' and St. Felician's Church (de)		Bad Gastein	Austria
82.0 m (269 ft)		Stiftskirche Zwettl		Zwettl	Austria
82.0 m (269 ft)		All Saints Cathedral	1825	Tula	Russia
82.0 m (269 ft)		Buchs Lutheran Church	1932	Buchs	Switzerland
82.0 m (269 ft)		St. Martin's Church	1917	Chur	Switzerland
82.0 m (269 ft)	H<75	Reformation Church (Reformationskirche)	1907	Berlin-Moabit	Germany	Today 50 metres tall
81.85 m (269 ft)		Evangelische Stadtkirche Pforzheim	1968	Pforzheim	Germany
81.8 m (294 ft)		St. Nicholas Church (Nikolaikirche)		Berlin-Mitte	Germany
81.8 m (268 ft)		Cunerakerk	1531	Rhenen	Netherlands
81.7 m (268 ft)		St. Elizabeth's Church	13th century	Marburg	Germany
81.6 m (268 ft)		Holy Trinity Monastery [ru]	1854	Alatyr	Russia
81.5 m (267 ft)		St. Nicholas Church	13th century	Bielefeld	Germany
81.4 m (267 ft)		Bonn Minster		Bonn	Germany
81.3 m (267 ft)		Erfurt Cathedral		Erfurt	Germany
81.17 m (266 ft)		Schüttorf Saint Lorenz	1535	Schüttorf	Germany
81.0 m (266 ft)		St. Nicholas' Church		Stendal	Germany
81.0 m (266 ft)		Shrine of Our Lady of Saint Valeria	1965	Seregno	Italy
81.0 m (266 ft)		Saint Stephen's Church	1937	Sesto San Giovanni	Italy
81.0 m (266 ft)		Moulins Cathedral		Moulins	France
81.0 m (266 ft)		St. Laurentius	1893	Schaan	Liechtenstein
81.0 m (266 ft)		Martin Luther Church (Martin-Luther-Kirche)		Dresden-Äußere Neustadt	Germany
81.0 m (266 ft)		St. Lorenz	13th century	Nuremberg	Germany
81.0 m (266 ft)		Church of Our Lady before Týn	1510	Prague	Czech Republic
81.0 m (266 ft)		Zwingli Church (Zwinglikirche) (de)	1908	Berlin-Friedrichshain	Germany
81.0 m (266 ft)		Pfarrkirche Höchst [de]		Höchst	Austria
81.0 m (266 ft)		Ivan the Great Bell Tower	1543	Moscow	Russia
81.0 m (266 ft)		Saint Assumption Sarov Monastery	1799	Sarov	Russia
81.0 m (264 ft)	H<75	Holy Cross Church (Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche) (de)	1888	Berlin-Wilmersdorf	Germany	Today 59.3 metres tall
80.8 m (265 ft)		Our Lady of Bekaa	1965	Zahlé	Lebanon	Second tallest church in the Middle East
80.8 m (265 ft)		Saint Mary Immaculate		Santorso	Italy
80.7 m (265 ft)		Fort Street Presbyterian Church	1855	Detroit	United States
80.7 (265 ft)	H D	St. Joseph Cathedral	1927	Buffalo	United States	Two tall towers removed in 1927 because of damage, one of the towers was rebuilt but at a shorter height.
80.7 m (265 ft)		St. Anthony's Church	1894	Toledo	United States
80.6 m (264 ft)		Saint Lambert Church [nl]	1863	Veghel	Netherlands	^[21]
80.5 m (264 ft)		St. Mary's Church	1414	Wismar	Germany	Nave damaged in World War II and demolished in 1960
80.4 m (264 ft)		Cathedral Santa Maria Nascente	1853	Cologna Veneta	Italy
80.2 m (263 ft)		St. Suitbertus	1927	Düsseldorf	Germany
80.0 m (262 ft)		Church of St. James the Greater	c 1350	Kutná Hora	Czech Republic
80.0 m (262 ft)		St. Johannis, Harvestehude	1882	Hamburg	Germany
80.0 m (262 ft)		St. Patroclus' Church		Soest	Germany
80.0 m (262 ft)		St. Mary's Church (Marienkirche)	1893	Recklinghausen	Germany
80.0 m (262 ft)		St. Sixtus' Church	1885	Haltern	Germany
80.0 m (262 ft)		Church of the Immaculate Conception	1896	Düsseldorf	Germany
80.0 m (262 ft)		St. Peter	1898	Düsseldorf	Germany
80.0 m (262 ft)		Saint-Augustin	1871	Paris	France
80.0 m (262 ft)		Autun Cathedral	1146	Autun	France
80.0 m (262 ft)		Basílica Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia	1970	Higüey	Dominican Republic
80.0 m (262 ft)		New Cathedral	1825	Brescia	Italy
80.0 m (262 ft)		Gouwekerk	1904	Gouda	Netherlands	^[21]
80.0 m (262 ft)		St. Michael's Church	1487	Cluj-Napoca	Romania	The tower was built between 1511 and 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 and 1860.
80.0 m (262 ft)		Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family	1926	Częstochowa	Poland
80.0 m (262 ft)		St. Mary's Basilica	1406	Kraków	Poland
80.0 m (262 ft)		Trinity Cathedral	1835	St. Petersburg	Russia
80.0 m (262 ft)		Budapest Matthias Church	1896	Budapest	Hungary
80.0 m (262 ft)		Rózsafüzér Királynéja-templom		Budapest	Hungary
80.0 m (262 ft)		Dormition Belfry	1910	Moscow	Russia
80.0 m (264 ft)	H D	Melanchthon Church (Melanchthonkirche) (de)	1906	Berlin-Kreuzberg	Germany	Destroyed in World War II
80.0 m (262 ft)		St. Salvator's Cathedral	1871	Bruges	Belgium
80.0 m (262 ft)		St. James' Church		Ghent	Belgium
80.0 m (262 ft)		Sint-Petrus' Stoel van Antiochiëkerk	16th century	Sittard	Netherlands
80.0 m (262 ft)^[22]		Basilica of Sant'Andrea	1765	Mantua	Italy
80.0 m (262 ft)		Shrine of the Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei	1925	Pompei	Italy
80.0 m (262 ft)		St. Matthew's Church	1928	Łódź	Poland
80.0 m (262 ft)		Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew	1477	Wrocław	Poland
80.0 m (262 ft)		Annunciation Cathedral	1901	Kharkiv	Ukraine
80.0 m (262 ft)		Unser Lieben Frauen	1586	Burg (bei Magdeburg)	Germany
80.0 m (262 ft)		Christuskirche	1903	Mainz	Germany
80.0 m (262 ft)		Marienkirche		Barth	Germany
80.0 m (262 ft)		St. Marien	1902	Neuss	Germany
80.0 m (262 ft)		Holy Family	1902	Kamen	Germany
80.0 m (262 ft)		Dreikönigskirche	1880	Frankfurt	Germany
80.0 m (262 ft)		Pfarrkirche St. Othmar unter den Weißgerbern (de)	1874	Vienna	Austria
80.0 m (262 ft)		Pfarrkirche St. Elisabeth (de)	1868	Vienna	Austria
80.0 m (262 ft)		Stadtpfarrkirche Steyr (de)		Steyr	Austria
80.0 m (262 ft)		Santa Croce	1442	Florence	Italy
80.0 m (262 ft)		John the Evangelist Monastery	1901	Poschupovo	Russia
80.0 m (262 ft)		Christus Resurrection Church		Moscow	Russia
80.0 m (262 ft)		Church of Abbaye de la Trinité		Vendôme	France
80.0 m (262 ft)		Church of Notre-Dame of Dijon	1251	Dijon	France
80.0 m (262 ft)		Church of Saint Michel	1667	Dijon	France
80.0 m (262 ft)		Trinity Cathedral	2011	Bryansk	Russia
80.0 m (262 ft)		St. Matthew's Church	1895	Basel	Switzerland
80.0 m (262 ft)	H<75	Sankt Johannis		Herford	Germany	Demolished from 1906 to 1910, replaced by 71 metres tall tower
79.9 m (262 ft)		Dormition Cathedral [ru]		Astrakhan	Russia
79.9 m (262 ft)		Stephanus Church (Stephanuskirche) (de)		Berlin-Gesundbrunnen	Germany
79.8 m (262 ft)		Sint Petrus' Bandenkerk	1962	Venray	Netherlands
79.8 m (262 ft)		St. Nicholas Church	1955	Meijel	Netherlands
79.7 m (261 ft)		St. Joseph's Church	1894	Enschede	Netherlands
79.6 m (261 ft)		Lausanne Cathedral	1235	Lausanne	Switzerland
79.5 m (261 ft)		Fraumünster		Zürich	Switzerland
79.5 m (261 ft)		John the Baptist Church	1895	Serpukhov	Russia
79.42 m (261 ft)		Church of the Assumption	1885	Terlano	Italy
79.3 m (260 ft)		St. Paul's Church		Hamm	Germany
79.3 m (260 ft)		Artländer Dom	1900	Ankum	Germany
79.3 m (260 ft)		St. Michael's Cathedral	1848	Toronto	Canada
79.2 m (260 ft)		St. Christopher's Cathedral	1663	Roermond	Netherlands
79.01m (259 ft)		Basilica of Our Lady of Dolours	1929	Thrissur	India	The 3rd tallest church in Asia
79.01m (259 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.^[23]
79.0 m (259 ft)		Church of Saint Sava^[24]	1989	Belgrade	Serbia	Tallest church in Serbia
79.0 m (259 ft)		Sint-Hermesbasiliek		Ronse	Belgium
79.0 m (259 ft)		Heuvelse kerk	1889	Tilburg	Netherlands
79.0 m (259 ft)		Sint-Janskerk	1485	Maastricht	Netherlands
79.0 m (259 ft)		Parroquia Inmaculado Corazón de María	1957	Lima	Peru
79.0 m (259 ft)		Anykščiai Church	1908	Anykščiai	Lithuania	Tallest church in Lithuania
79.0 m (259 ft)		St. Mary Major Parish Church	1897	Monteforte d'Alpone	Italy
79.0 m (259 ft)		San Lorenzo Church	1840	Pescantina	Italy
79.0 m (259 ft)		Jakobskirche [de]		Burghausen	Germany
79.0 m (259 ft)		Michaeliskirche	1412	Lüneburg	Germany
79.0 m (259 ft)		Los Angeles California Temple	1956	Los Angeles	United States
79.0 m (259 ft)		Trinity Cathedral	1699	Pskov	Russia
79.0 m (259 ft)		St. Nicholas Church	1755	Prague	Czech Republic
79.0 m (259 ft)		Oude Kerk	1350	Delft	Netherlands
79.0 m (259 ft)		Kerk van Heilig Kruisverheffing	1892	Raalte	Netherlands
79.0 m (259 ft)		Sankt Laurentii	1718	Itzehoe	Germany
79.0 m (259 ft)		St. Mary's Church	1300	Osnabrück	Germany
79.0 m (259 ft)		Verona Cathedral		Verona	Italy
79.0 m (259 ft)	H D	Saint Michaelschurch	1892	Zwolle	Netherlands	Demolished in 1965
78.8 m (258 ft)		Boston Avenue Methodist Church	1929	Tulsa, Oklahoma	United States
78.8 m (258 ft)		Cerignola Cathedral	1934	Cerignola	Italy
78.72 m (258 ft)		Sankt Lamberti	1899	Gladbeck	Germany
78.5 m (258 ft)		Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey Church	1523	Mont-Saint-Michel	France
78.5 m (258 ft)		St. Sophia Cathedral	1870	Vologda	Russia
78.5 m (258 ft)		St. Mary's Church, Pasewalk		Pasewalk	Germany
78.3 m (257 ft)		Gemeentetoren	1771	Etten-Leur	Netherlands
78.26 m (257 ft)		Salzburg Cathedral	17th century	Salzburg	Austria
78.15 m (256 ft)		Évreux Cathedral		Évreux	France
78.14 m (256 ft)		St Theobald's Church	1841	Thann	France
78.1 m (256 ft)		St. Anthony of Padua Church	1912	New Bedford, Mass.	United States
78.1 m (256 ft)		Heinz Memorial Chapel	1938	Pittsburgh	United States
78.0 m (256 ft)		Konstanz Minster	1853	Konstanz	Germany
78.0 m (256 ft)		Church of the Holy Spirit (Heilige-Geist-Kirche) (de)		Berlin-Moabit	Germany
78.0 m (256 ft)		Church of the Assumption	1320	Chełmno	Poland
78.0 m (256 ft)		Saint Mary's Church	1908	Szczecinek	Poland
78.0 m (256 ft)		Church of The Transfiguration	1902	Drezdenko	Poland
78.0 m (256 ft)		Saint Augustinus	1909	Wrocław	Poland
78.0 m (256 ft)		St. John's Basilica (St.-Johannes-Basilika)	1897	Berlin-Neukölln	Germany
78.0 m (256 ft)		New Nazareth Church (Neue Nazarethkirche) (de)		Berlin-Wedding	Germany
78.0 m (256 ft)		Stiftskirche		Baden-Baden	Germany
78.0 m (256 ft)		Sofiakyrkan	1906	Stockholm	Sweden
78.0 m (256 ft)		St. Jozefkathedraal	1887	Groningen	Netherlands
78.0 m (256 ft)		St. Calixtusbasiliek	1908	Groenlo	Netherlands
78 m (256 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, designed by John Henry Devereux
78 m (256 ft)		Săpânța-Peri Monastery church	2003	Săpânța	Romania	Tallest wooden church in the world^[25]
78 m (256 ft)		Church of the Assumption	1888	Bratislava	Slovakia	^[26]
78.0 m (256 ft)		Kreisker chapel		Saint-Pol-de-Léon	France
78.0 m (256 ft)		Sens Cathedral	1534	Sens	France
78 m (248 ft)		Grote or Sint-Bavokerk	1520	Haarlem	Netherlands
78.0 m (256 ft)		Senlis Cathedral	1191	Senlis	France
78.0 m (256 ft)		Albi Cathedral	1480	Albi	France
78.0 m (256 ft)		St. Martin's Church	16th century	Weert	Netherlands
78.0 m (256 ft)		Wallfahrtskirche Schildthurn	1531	Zeilarn	Germany
78.0 m (256 ft)		Liebfrauenkirche	1914	Bottrop	Germany
78.0 m (256 ft)		Sankt Gundula	1901	Rhede	Germany
78.0 m (256 ft)		Sacred Heart Church	1906	Ettlingen	Germany
78.0 m (256 ft)		Sankt Johannes Baptist	1898	Willich	Germany
78.0 m (256 ft)		St. John the Baptist	1234	Billerbeck	Germany
78.0 m (256 ft)		Sankt-Annen-Kirche		Annaberg-Buchholz	Germany
78.0 m (256 ft)		Sankt Martinus		Kerpen	Germany
78.0 m (256 ft)		Kirche zum Heiligen Kreuz	1899	Frankfurt an der Oder	Germany
78.0 m (256 ft)		Jesuitenkirche	1872	Heidelberg	Germany
78.0 m (256 ft)		Sankt Andreas		Emsbüren	Germany
78.0 m (256 ft)		Liebfrauenkirche		Krefeld	Germany
78.0 m (256 ft)		Sankt Dionysius		Krefeld	Germany
78.0 m (256 ft)		Altenburg Abbey		Altenburg	Austria
78.0 m (256 ft)		Church of St Peter's Abbey		Salzburg	Austria
78.0 m (256 ft)		Saint Michael		Vienna	Austria
78.0 m (256 ft)		Pfarrkirche Schwanenstadt (de)		Schwanenstadt	Austria

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Name	Current height meters (feet)	Planned height metres (feet)	Completion	City	Country	Christian denomination	Notes
Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família	142.5 m (468 ft)	172.5 m (566 ft)	est. 2028	Barcelona	Spain	Catholic	Will become the tallest church building in the world if completed. Current height of the "Torre de la Mare de Déu"; still under construction
People's Salvation Cathedral	127.0 m (417 ft)	127 m (417 ft) ^[1]	est. 2025 ^[1]	Bucharest	Romania	Eastern Orthodox	With the current 127 m (the main cross was installed on 08.04.2025) it is the tallest Orthodox church building in the world.
Nueva Catedral de Tijuana		91.5 m (300 ft)		Tijuana	Mexico	Catholic
Intercession Cathedral, Mariupol		83.9 m (275 ft)	2018	Mariupol	Ukraine
Archangel Gabriel Cathedral, Odesa		83 m (272 ft)	2019	Odesa	Ukraine

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Height metres (feet)	H	Name of Church	Religious denomination	Coordinates	Completed	City	Country	Notes
159.7 m (524 ft)	H>75	Lincoln Cathedral	Church of England	53.234374°N 0.536281°W / 53.234374; -0.536281	1311	Lincoln	United Kingdom	Today 83 m tall — spire collapsed in a storm in 1549; reputedly the tallest building in the world from 1311 to 1549; was 103 metres from 1549 to 1807^{[citation needed]}.
153 m (502 ft)	H<75	Beauvais Cathedral^[31]	Catholic	49.432636°N 2.081483°E / 49.432636; 2.081483	1569	Beauvais	France	tower collapsed in 1573, today towerless and 48.5 m (153 ft) tall; World's tallest building from 1569 to 1573.
151.0 m (495 ft)	H>100	St. Mary's church	Lutheran	54.309972°N 13.087383°E / 54.309972; 13.087383	1478	Stralsund	Germany	Today 104 m tall — spire destroyed by lightning in 1647; World's tallest building from 1549 to 1647 (excepting 1569–1573)
150.3 m (493 ft)	H>100	Old St Paul's Cathedral	Church of England	51.513931°N 0.098306°W / 51.513931; -0.098306	1240 1314 (spire completed)	London	United Kingdom	Spire destroyed by lightning in 1561 — church destroyed in the Great Fire in 1666
140 m (459 ft)	H>75	Riga Cathedral	Lutheran	56.949167°N 24.104444°E / 56.949167; 24.104444	1595	Riga	Latvia	demolished in 1775 - today 90 m tall
134.5 m (441 ft)	H D	Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Lambert	Catholic	50.645298°N 5.574151°E / 50.645298; 5.574151	1433	Liège	Belgium	Destroyed by the Liégeois in 1794 after the French Revolution
132.0 m (433 ft)	H<75	Nikolaikirche (Rostock) [de]^[32]	Lutheran	54.087791°N 12.146269°E / 54.087791; 12.146269	1312	Rostock	Germany	destroyed in a storm in 1703, replaced afterwards by an 84 metres tall tower, which was destroyed in an air-raid in 1942, height of actual tower: 65 metres
131.3 m (431 ft)	H<75	Malmesbury Abbey	Church of England	51.584679°N 2.098333°W / 51.584679; -2.098333	1180	Malmesbury	United Kingdom	Spire collapsed in the late 15th or early 16th century
130.0 m (426 ft)	H>75	St. Elizabeth's Church	Catholic	51.111479°N 17.029924°E / 51.111479; 17.029924	1535	Wrocław	Poland	Today 91.5 metres (300 ft) tall; spire collapsed in 1529 during storm
122.3 m (400 ft) (source missing)	H<75	Abbaye-aux-Hommes	Catholic	49.181821°N 0.372749°W / 49.181821; -0.372749	13th century	Caen	France	Collapsed in 1566, spire replaced by a shorter tower in the 17th century
120 m (394 ft)	H>75	Copenhagen Cathedral	Lutheran	55.404560°N 12.342100°E / 55.404560; 12.342100	1738	Copenhagen	Denmark	Tower destroyed 1807 by the British bombing of Copenhagen, height of tower today: 58.5 metres (192 feet)
120 m (394 ft)	H>75	St. Mary's Church, Wismar	Lutheran	53.891202°N 11.462911°E / 53.891202; 11.462911	1414	Wismar	Germany	Tower destroyed around 1500, height of tower today: 80.5 metres (264 feet)
120 m (394 ft)	H<75	St. Nicholas' Church, Wismar	Lutheran	53.895611°N 11.465033°E / 53.895611; 11.465033	1508	Wismar	Germany	Tower collapsed on December 8, 1703 in a storm, height of tower today 64 metres (210 feet)
119.8 m (392 ft)	H>100	Cathedral Basilica of St James the Apostle	Catholic	53.424662°N 14.555576°E / 53.424662; 14.555576	1892	Szczecin	Poland	Cathedral tower collapsed during a bombardment in 1944 and currently measures 110.18 m
118.3 m (387 ft)	H>75	Saint Steven Cathedral	Catholic	49.120070°N 6.175252°E / 49.120070; 6.175252	1468	Metz	France
115.0 m (376 ft)	H<75	Grote or Sint-Michaëlskerk [nl]	Protestant	52.511873°N 6.091668°E / 52.511873; 6.091668	1452	Zwolle	Netherlands	Tower collapsed on December 17, 1682. Church is still standing
114.8 m (376 ft)	H D	Collegiate church of St. Mary Magdalene [pl]^[33]^[34]	Catholic	52.406831°N 16.935903°E / 52.406831; 16.935903	14th or 15th century	Poznań	Poland	Destroyed in a fire in 1777, finally demolished in 1802
114.0 m (381 ft)	H>75	Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom)	United and uniting churches	52.519160°N 13.401057°E / 52.519160; 13.401057	1905	Berlin-Mitte	Germany
114 m (381 ft)	H D	Old Cambrai Cathedral	Catholic	50.176054°N 3.229683°E / 50.176054; 3.229683	1472	Cambrai	France	Destroyed after 1796
113.0 m (371 ft)	H<75	Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche)	Lutheran	52.504784°N 13.335055°E / 52.504784; 13.335055	1895	Berlin-Charlottenburg	Germany	Spire damaged in World War II, actual height of tower: 71 m
112.0 m (390 ft)	H>100	Reinoldikirche	Lutheran	51.514745°N 7.467157°E / 51.514745; 7.467157	1520	Dortmund	Germany	Built in 1454 with 112 metres (367 ft), collapsed in earthquake 1661, now 104 metres (341 ft)
111.0 m (364 ft)	H D	St. Peter's Church (Petrikirche)	Lutheran	52.513333°N 13.404167°E / 52.513333; 13.404167	1853	Berlin-Mitte	Germany	destroyed at the end of World War II, last relicts were removed in 1964
110 m (360 ft)	H<75	Pieterskerk, Leiden	Protestant	52.157552°N 4.487132°E / 52.157552; 4.487132	1570	Leiden	Netherlands	Today towerless — tower collapsed in 1512
110 m (360 ft)	H>100	St. John's Church	Lutheran	53.247758°N 10.412392°E / 53.247758; 10.412392	1384	Lüneburg	Germany	Today 108.7 m tall — spire partially destroyed by lightning in 1406
107.5 m (352.7 ft)	H>75	St. Walburga's Church, Zutphen	Protestant	52.139586°N 6.1957°E / 52.139586; 6.1957 (St. Walburga's Church, Zutphen)	15th century	Zutphen	Netherlands	Today 76 m tall. Gothic spire burned in 1600 due to a lightning strike.
106.0 m (348 ft)	H<75	St. Salvator's Church	Catholic	51.435895°N 6.760760°E / 51.435895; 6.760760	1415	Duisburg	Germany	destroyed by fire in 1467
105.0 m (344 ft)	H D	St. George's Church (Georgenkirche)	Lutheran	52.522408°N 13.416453°E / 52.522408; 13.416453	1898	Berlin-Mitte	Germany	Heavily damaged in World War II, demolished in 1949
103.0 m (338 ft)	H<75	Nikolaikirche, Anklam	Lutheran	53.856496°N 13.689217°E / 53.856496; 13.689217		Anklam	Germany	destroyed on April 29, 1945, by artillery fire, actual height of tower: 58 metres
102.0 m (334 ft)	H>75	Martinikerk (Groningen)	Protestant	53.219374°N 6.568215°E / 53.219374; 6.568215	1548	Groningen	Netherlands	Spire burned down in 1577, now 97 metres (318 ft) in height
102.0 m (334 ft)	H<75	St. Otger	Catholic	51.992908°N 6.917516°E / 51.992908; 6.917516	1892	Stadtlohn	Germany	destroyed in March 1945, rebuilt 74 metres tall
102.0 m (334 ft)	H<75	Sacred Heart Church	Catholic	51.246667°N 6.778943°E / 51.246667; 6.778943	1907	Düsseldorf	Germany	Spire destroyed on May 17, 1945, by a tornado, actual height of tower 56.43 metres
100.0 m (328 ft)	H<75	Marienkirche, Anklam	Lutheran	53.855798°N 13.684298°E / 53.855798; 13.684298	1888	Anklam	Germany	destroyed in an air-raid in 1943, actual height of tower: 64 metres
100.0 m (328 ft)	H<75	Saint Peter and Paul	Catholic	50.024698°N 8.120981°E / 50.024698; 8.120981		Eltville	Germany	Spire destroyed in 1683 by lightning, actual height of tower: 67 metres
100.0 m (328 ft)	H D	Düren Saint Anna Church	Catholic	50.801137899°N 6.4836586656°E / 50.801137899; 6.4836586656	1884	Düren	Germany	destroyed in an air-raid on November 16, 1944
100.0 m (328 ft)	H D	Marienkirche Stettin	Lutheran	53.4270499°N 14.557200°E / 53.4270499; 14.557200 (Marienkirche Stettin (destroyed))	1266	Szczecin	Poland	destroyed by lightning on July 9, 1789, last relicts were removed in 1830
100.0 m (328 ft)	H D	Eisenach Cathedral	Catholic	50.971292°N 10.32177329°E / 50.971292; 10.32177329 (Eisenach Cathedral (destroyed))	1330	Eisenach	Germany	demolished

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This list completely follows the pattern of the main list (≥ 99 m). Church buildings are placed here that have been removed from the main list because the data about them is disputed or contradictory, or there is no information about the respective church building anywhere on the Internet. The purpose of this list is to preserve the work and efforts of the authors who have included some church buildings with a disputed place in the main list. In this way their work is preserved, and if it is proved that the excluded church buildings have a place in the main list, they can easily be restored to it (since the present list follows the pattern of the main list completely).

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Rank	Name of Church	Height metres (feet)	Completed	Location	Country	Christian denomination	Coordinates	Notes
50	Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception	110 m (361 ft)	2018	Ninh Bình	Vietnam	Catholic	20.353746°N 105.898636°E / 20.353746; 105.898636
65-70	Wing Kwong Pentecostal Holiness Church	105.0 m (344 ft)	2000	Hong Kong	China	Lutheran	22.336168°N 114.189399°E / 22.336168; 114.189399
76	Santuário Santa Isabel Rainha (Separate bell tower)	90 m^[35] (295 ft)	1958	São Paulo	Brazil	Catholic	23.558315°S 46.539328°W / -23.558315; -46.539328 (Santuário Santa Isabel Rainha)	More reliable source:^[35] Bell tower max height is 90 m. Dome max height is 64 m.