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Architectural height of 288 feet. [8] 8 (Old) Coventry Cathedral: 88 290 Coventry: Cathedral destroyed in the Coventry Blitz on November 14, 1940; only the tower and spire remain intact. New Cathedral built adjoining old. [9] Architectural height 284 feet. [10] 9 Westminster Cathedral: 87 284 London: Tallest Roman Catholic Cathedral in the ...
Birmingham Cathedral: Cathedral Church of St Philip Anglican Canterbury 1711 1715 1905 46 [2]: NK N/A 66 4 Nicholson There is 1 Western tower, surmounted by a dome.
Also included are those structures or sites of intended cathedrals as well as pro-cathedrals, which are churches serving as an interim cathedral, (for instance whilst a permanent cathedral is acquired), or as a co-cathedral where the diocesan demographics/geography require the bishop's seat to be shared with a building in another location.
Canterbury Cathedral. Lists of cathedrals in the United Kingdom cover cathedrals, churches that contain the cathedra (Latin for "seat") of a bishop. Cathedrals are usually specific to Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox churches.
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: 68-69 (69) Łódź Cathedral: 104.5 m (343 ft) 1912: Łódź Poland: Catholic
Until 2009, largest church in East Asia [citation needed] Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo: 2,191 [citation needed] 3,350 4,000 + 1897-1977 Bendigo Australia: Catholic One of Australia's largest churches and the third tallest after St Patrick's Cathedral and St Paul's Cathedral. 75 metres (246 ft) long and has a ceiling height of 24 metres (79 ft).
Highest height to width ratio of any nave 12 Amiens Cathedral: 42.3 m (139 ft) [13] Amiens: France: 13 Seville Cathedral: 42 m (138 ft) [14] Seville: Spain: Ranked as largest medieval Gothic church 14 Metz Cathedral: 41.41 m (135.9 ft) Metz: France: Largest glass surface 15 St Bartholomew's Church: 41.15 m (135.0 ft) [15] Brighton: United Kingdom
One of the largest Eastern Orthodox Cathedrals: Note: this list is incomplete e.g. St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney is 107 metres long (ref. St. Mary's Cathedral website).