Until the advent of the skyscraper, Christian churches were some of the tallest buildings in the world. Indeed, from 1311, when the spire of Lincoln Cathedral surpassed the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza, until 1884 a succession of churches held the title of world's tallest building. Even now, particularly in Europe, churches are still some of the most dominant buildings on the landscape.

Churches in italics either no longer exist or no longer stand to their original full height as listed.

Height (metres)	Height (feet)	Name	Completion	City	Country	Comment
161,5 m	530 ft	Münster	1890	Ulm	Germany	intended to be shorter, but size increased in order to outdo Cologne Cathedral
159,7 m	524 ft	Cathedral	1311	Lincoln	England	spire collapsed in 1549; tallest building in the world from 1311 to 1549
158,4 m	520 ft	St. Olav	1519	Tallinn	Estonia	spire destroyed by lightning in 1625; tallest building in the world from 1549 to 1625
158,0 m	518 ft	Our Lady of Peace Basilica	1989	Yamoussoukro	Côte d'Ivoire	largest church in the world; world's tallest church dome
157,4 m	516 ft	Dom	1880	Cologne	Germany	tallest building in the world from 1880 to 1884
153,0 m	502 ft	Saint-Pierre Cathedral	1569	Beauvais	France	tower collapsed in 1593
151,0 m	495 ft	Notre-Dame Cathedral	1876	Rouen	France	tallest building in the world from 1876 to 1880
150,0 m	493 ft	Old St. Paul's Cathedral	1240	London	England	spire destroyed by lightning in 1561; whole cathedral destroyed in Great Fire of London in 1666
147,3 m	483 ft	St. Nikolai	1847	Hamburg	Germany	tallest building in the world from 1847 to 1876; rest of church destroyed in bombing in 1943 - only tower left standing
144,0 m	472 ft	Notre-Dame Cathedral	1439	Strasbourg	France	tallest building in the world from 1625 to 1847
137,0 m	449 ft	Stephansdom	1570	Vienna	Austria
136,0 m	446 ft	St. Peter	15th Century	Riga	Latvia	tower collapsed in 1666
134,1 m	440 ft	Neuer Dom	1924	Linz	Austria
132,8 m	436 ft	St. Petri	1878	Hamburg	Germany
132,5 m	435 ft	St. Peter's Basilica	1626	Vatican City	Vatican City	largest church with tallest dome in the world from 1626 to 1989
131,9 m	433 ft	St. Michaelis	1786	Hamburg	Germany
131,3 m	431 ft	Abbey		Malmesbury	England	spire collapsed in the late 15th or early 16th century
130,6 m	428 ft	St. Martin	1500	Landshut	Germany
128 m	420 ft	Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lichen	2000	Licheń	Poland	largest church in Poland, seventh largest in Europe and eleventh largest in the world
127,0 m	417 ft	Martinikerk	1482	Groningen	Netherlands	spire burned down in 1577
125,0 m	410 ft	St. Jacobi	1962	Hamburg	Germany
125,0 m	410 ft	Marienkirche	1350	Lübeck	Germany
123,7 m	406 ft	St. Olav	1931	Tallinn	Estonia	once much taller
123,0 m	404 ft	Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal	1521	Antwerp	Belgium
123,0 m	404 ft	Cathedral	1315	Salisbury	England
123,0 m	404 ft	St. Peter	1973	Riga	Latvia	once much taller
123,0 m	404 ft	Peter and Paul Cathedral	1733	St. Petersburg	Russia
121,0 m	397 ft	San Gaudenzio	1878	Novara	Italy
119,0 m	392 ft	Riverside Church	1930	New York City	United States
118,7 m	390 ft	Domkyrka	1435	Uppsala	Sweden
117,5 m	385 ft	Dom	1892	Schwerin	Germany
117,0 m	384 ft	St. Petri	1577	Rostock	Germany
116,0 m	381 ft	Münster	1330	Freiburg	Germany
115,5 m	379 ft	Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk	1350	Bruges	Belgium
115,0 m	377 ft	St. Katharinen	1657	Hamburg	Germany
115,0 m	377 ft	Sagrada Familia	in progress	Barcelona	Spain	intended to eventually be 172 m (564 ft) tall
114,5 m	376 ft	St. Andreas	1389	Hildesheim	Germany
114,5 m	376 ft	Duomo	1434	Florence	Italy
114,0 m	374 ft	Saint-Michel	1492	Bordeaux	France
112,5 m	369 ft	Domtoren	1382	Utrecht	Netherlands	the cathedral's nave collapsed during a storm in 1674
112,0 m	367 ft	Dom	1894	Schleswig	Germany
112,0 m	367 ft	Notre-Dame Cathedral	1549	Amiens	France
111,5 m	366 ft	St. Paul's Cathedral	1710	London	England	tallest building in London until 1962
111,0 m	364 ft	Johanniskirche	14th Century	Lüneburg	Germany
110,0 m	361 ft	Herz-Jesu-Kirche	1891	Graz	Austria
109,0 m	358 ft	Duomo	1858	Milan	Italy
108,8 m	357 ft	Nieuwe Kerk	1496	Delft	Netherlands
106,0 m	348 ft	Saint-Joseph	1957	Le Havre	France
105,0 m	344 ft	Niguliste Church	1230	Tallinn	Estonia
105,0 m	344 ft	Dom	1856	Regensburg	Germany
105,0 m	344 ft	Cathedral	1899	Zagreb	Croatia
105,0 m	344 ft	Dom	1341	Lübeck	Germany
105,0 m	344 ft	Les Invalides	1706	Paris	France
105,0 m	344 ft	Sankta Klara	1888	Stockholm	Sweden
105,0 m	344 ft	St. Patrick's Cathedral	1939	Melbourne	Australia
105,0 m	344 ft	Cathedral of Christ the Saviour	2000	Moscow	Russia	reconstruction; original cathedral consecrated 1883 and demolished by Soviets in 1931
104,0 m	341 ft	Dom	1520	Magdeburg	Germany	tallest church in former East Germany
103,3 m	339 ft	St. Patrick's Cathedral	1878	New York City	United States
103,0 m	338 ft	Katharinenkirche	1430	Osnabrück	Germany
102,3 m	336 ft	Cathedral	20th Century	Ypres	Belgium
102,0 m	335 ft	St. Bartholomew	1600	Plzeň	Czech Republic
101,8 m	334 ft	Saint Isaac's Cathedral	1858	St. Petersburg	Russia
101,5 m	331 ft	Cathedral of St. Stanislaw	1912	Lódz	Poland
101,0 m	331 ft	Anglican Cathedral	1978	Liverpool	England	largest cathedral and Protestant church in Europe and possibly the largest in the world
100,0 m	328 ft	Gedächtniskirche	1904	Speyer	Germany
100,0 m	328 ft	Münster	1893	Bern	Switzerland
100,0 m	328 ft	Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception	1959	Washington, DC	United States	largest Roman Catholic church in the Americas
100,0 m	328 ft	Cathedral	1954	São Paulo	Brazil
99,5 m	326 ft	Saint Vincent	1883	Eeklo	Belgium
99,5 m	326 ft	St. Vitus Cathedral	1929	Prague	Czech Republic
99,0 m	325 ft	Votivkirche	1879	Vienna	Austria
98,4 m	323 ft	Frauenkirche	1525	Munich	Germany
98,0 m	322 ft	St.-Petri-Dom	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	Grote Kerk		Breda	Netherlands
97,8 m	321 ft	Nidaros Cathedral	1300	Trondheim	Norway
97,3 m	319 ft	Marktkirche		Hannover	Germany
96,9 m	318 ft	Martinikerk	1627	Groningen	Netherlands	once much taller
96,9 m	318 ft	Sint-Romboutskathedraal	1520	Mechelen	Belgium	the tower was supposed to be 127 m (417 ft) tall, but the money ran out
96,9 m	318 ft	Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal	1967	Montreal	Canada	largest church in Canada
96,6 m	317 ft	Agricola Church	1935	Helsinki	Finland	still the tallest building in Finland
96,0 m	315 ft	Cathedral	1480	Norwich	England
96,0 m	315 ft	Domkirke	1500	Aarhus	Denmark
96,0 m	315 ft	Kreuzkirche	1788	Dresden	Germany
96,0 m	315 ft	Kirche am Steinhof	1914	Vienna	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	Tyska Kyrkan	1884	Stockholm	Sweden
95,1 m	312 ft	Frauenkirche	1743	Dresden	Germany	destroyed by bombing in 1945 and currently being rebuilt
95,1 m	312 ft	Kaiserdom	1877	Frankfurt	Germany
94,1 m	309 ft	St. Walburge	1866	Preston	England
93,8 m	308 ft	St. John's Cathedral	1861	Limerick	Republic of Ireland	tallest church spire in Ireland
93,5 m	307 ft	Church of the Resurrection of Christ	1907	St. Petersburg	Russia
93,5 m	307 ft	St. Ulrich und Afra	1594	Augsburg	Germany
92,9 m	305 ft	Eusebiuskerk	1965	Arnhem	Netherlands
92,9 m	305 ft	St. James' Cathedral	1853	Toronto	Canada
92,3 m	303 ft	Grote Kerk	1424	The Hague	Netherlands
91,7 m	301 ft	National Cathedral	1990	Washington, DC	United States
91,1 m	299 ft	Sint-Jacobuskerk	1878	The Hague	Netherlands
91,1 m	299 ft	St. Andreas		Braunschweig	Germany
90,0 m	295 ft	Notre-Dame Cathedral	1345	Paris	France
90,0 m	295 ft	Old 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	Cathedral of Santa Eulalia	15th Century	Barcelona	Spain
90,0 m	295 ft	Dom	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

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