This is a complete list of basilicas of the Catholic Church. A basilica is a church with certain privileges conferred on it by the Pope.
Not all churches with "basilica" in their title actually have the ecclesiastical status, which can lead to confusion, since it is also an architectural term for a church-building style.
In the 18th century, the term took on a canonical sense, unrelated to this architectural style. Basilicas in this canonical sense are divided into major ("greater") and minor basilicas. Today only four, all in the Diocese of Rome, are classified as major basilicas: the major basilicas of St John Lateran, St Peter's, St Paul outside the Walls, and St Mary Major. The other canonical basilicas are minor basilicas.
By canon law no Catholic church can be honoured with the title of basilica unless by apostolic grant or from immemorial custom.[1] The Basilica di San Nicola da Tolentino was the first minor basilica to be canonically created, in 1783. The 1917 Code of Canon Law officially recognised churches using the title of basilica from immemorial custom as having such a right to the title of minor basilica. Such churches are referred to as immemorial basilicas.[2]
Basilicas in Asia
Country |
City/Municipality |
Basilica |
Year of Designation |
Image
|
China |
Shanghai |
Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians (She Shan Basilica) |
1942 |
|
India |
Alleppey |
St Andrew's Basilica, Arthunkal |
2010[3] |
|
India |
Angamaly |
St George Basilica[4] |
2009 |
|
India |
Bandel |
Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary |
1988 |
|
India |
Bangalore |
St Mary's Basilica, Shivajinagar |
1973 |
|
India |
Champakulam |
Basilica of Saint Mary |
2016 |
|
India |
Chemperi |
Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes |
2024 |
|
India |
Chennai |
San Thome Basilica |
1956 |
|
India |
Goa Velha |
Basilica of Bom Jesus |
1946 |
|
India |
Harihar |
Basilica of Our Lady of Health |
2019[5] |
|
India |
Karkala |
St Lawrence's Shrine, Attur |
2016 |
|
India |
Karumathampatti |
Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary |
2019[6] |
|
India |
Kochi |
St Mary's Cathedral Basilica, Ernakulam[4] |
1974 |
|
India |
Kochi |
Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica |
1984 |
|
India |
Kochi |
National Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Ransom, Vallarpadam |
2004 |
|
India |
Kochi |
Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Joseph |
2020[7] |
|
India |
Kovilpatti |
Basilica of Our Lady of Assumption, Kamanayakkanpatti |
2023 |
|
India |
Mahe |
St. Teresa's Shrine, Mahé |
2023[8] |
|
India |
Mokama |
Basilica of Our Lady of Divine Grace |
2024 |
|
India |
Mulagumudu |
Basilica of Our Lady of the Nativity |
2020 |
|
India |
Mumbai |
Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount, Bandra (Mount Mary Church) |
1954 |
|
India |
Munnar |
Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
2024[9] |
|
India |
Mysuru |
St Anthony's Shrine Minor Basilica, Dornahalli |
2019[10] |
|
India |
Pallippuram |
Basilica of Our Lady of Snow |
2012 |
|
India |
Pondicherry |
Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
2011 |
|
India |
Ramanathapuram |
Basilica of St John de Britto, Oriyur |
2023 |
|
India |
Ranchi |
Basilica of the Divine Motherhood of Our Lady, Raja Ulhatu |
2004 |
|
India |
Sardhana |
Basilica of Our Lady of Graces |
1961 |
|
India |
Secunderabad |
Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption |
2008 |
|
India |
Thiruvaiyaru |
Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes, Poondi (Poondi Madha Basilica) |
1999 |
|
India |
Thiruvananthapuram |
Pro-Cathedral of St Mary Queen of Peace[11] |
2008[12] |
|
India |
Thoothukudi |
Our Lady of Snows Shrine Basilica |
1982 |
|
India |
Thrissur |
Basilica of Our Lady of Dolours[4] |
1992 |
|
India |
Tiruchirapalli |
Basilica of the Holy Redeemer |
2006 |
|
India |
Velankanni |
Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health |
1962 |
|
Israel |
Haifa |
Basilica of Our Lady, Star of the Sea, Stella Maris Carmelite Monastery |
1839 |
|
Israel |
Jerusalem |
Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre[13] |
Immemorial |
|
Israel |
Jerusalem |
Basilica of the Agony (Church of All Nations) |
Immemorial[14] |
|
Israel |
Jerusalem |
Basilica of St Stephen |
1903 |
|
Israel |
Jerusalem |
St Anne's Church |
1957[15] |
|
Israel |
Jerusalem |
Basilica of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, Hagia Maria Sion Abbey |
1957[16] |
|
Israel |
Lower Galilee |
Basilica of the Transfiguration, Mount Tabor |
Immemorial[14] |
|
Israel |
Nazareth |
Basilica of the Annunciation |
Immemorial[17] |
|
Japan |
Nagasaki |
Basilica of the Twenty-Six Holy Martyrs |
2016 |
|
Kazakhstan |
Karaganda |
Basilica of St Joseph |
2020[18] |
|
Malaysia |
Bukit Mertajam |
Church of Saint Anne |
2019[19] |
|
Palestine |
Jerusalem Governorate |
St Cleophas Church |
1919 |
|
Philippines |
Agoo |
Basilica Minore of Our Lady of Charity |
1982 |
|
Philippines |
Badoc |
Basilica of Saint John the Baptist |
2018 |
|
Philippines
|
Batangas City |
Basilica of the Immaculate Conception |
1948 |
|
Philippines
|
Cebu City |
Basilica del Santo Niño |
1965 |
|
Philippines |
Gapan |
Basilica of the National Shrine of La Virgen Divina Pastora |
2024[20] |
|
Philippines |
Malolos |
Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception |
1999 |
|
Philippines |
Manila |
San Sebastian Church |
1890 |
|
Philippines
|
Manila |
Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception |
1981 |
|
Philippines
|
Manila |
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Black Nazarene (Quiapo Church) |
1987 |
|
Philippines |
Manila |
Basilica of the National Shrine of San Lorenzo Ruiz (Binondo Church) |
1992 |
|
Philippines |
Manaoag |
Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag |
2014 |
|
Philippines |
Naga City |
Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Peñafrancia |
1985 |
|
Philippines |
Orani |
Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Orani[21] |
2019 |
|
Philippines
|
Piat |
Basilica of Our Lady of Piat |
1999 |
|
Philippines |
Quezon City |
Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
2018 |
|
Philippines |
Quezon City |
Basilica of St Pedro Bautista[22] |
2020 |
|
Philippines
|
San Carlos
|
Basilica of St Dominic de Guzman[23]
|
2022
|
|
Philippines |
Santa Maria |
Basilica of La Purisima Concepcion[24] |
2021 |
|
Philippines |
Sinait |
Basilica of St Nicholas of Tolentino[25] |
2021 |
|
Philippines |
Taal |
Basilica of St Martin of Tours |
1954 |
|
Philippines
|
Taguig
|
Basilica of St Anne[26]
|
2022
|
|
Philippines |
Tayabas City |
Basilica of St Michael the Archangel |
1988 |
|
Philippines |
Taytay |
Basilica of St John the Baptist |
2024[27] |
|
South Korea |
Mokpo |
Basilica of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ |
2021[28][29] |
|
Sri Lanka |
Tewatta |
Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka |
1973 |
|
Taiwan |
Kaohsiung |
Holy Rosary Basilica Cathedral |
1995 |
|
Taiwan |
Wanluan |
Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Wanchin |
1984 |
|
Vietnam |
Hanoi |
Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Sở Kiện |
2010[30] |
|
Vietnam |
Ho Chi Minh City |
Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception |
1959[31] |
|
Vietnam |
La Vang |
"Old" Basilica of Our Lady of La Vang (Destroyed in 1972) |
1961 |
|
Vietnam |
Nam Định |
Basilica of Immaculate Conception, Phu Nhai |
2008 |
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Basilicas in Africa