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The Cathedral of St. John is a Gothic hall church built in the first half of the 15th century. An earlier building existed, probably dating from the 12th century. After changing religious denomination several times from the arrival of the Reformation in Neumarkt, the church finally became Catholic in 1649. Restorations in the 19th century replaced the baroque furniture with neo-gothic furniture. Damaged during the Second World War, St. John's Church was repaired between 1964 and 1966 and from 1987 to 1995. In 2015, St. Johannes is elevated to the status of a cathedral.

The Cathedral of St. Louis in Plovdiv is one of the main and largest Roman Catholic churches in Bulgaria. The cathedral was built between 1858 and 1861 in a Baroque style, which is particularly visible on its facade. The church is also famous for the fact that a musical organ was installed there for the first time in Bulgaria.

The Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul is a national cultural monument, one of the most important architectural monuments of South Moravia and one of the most distinctive monuments of Brno. The building is a recent neo-Gothic reconstruction (1904-1909). Its baroque interior (mainly nave furnishings) is original.

St. Sophia Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church built in 1746 and rebuilt in 1789-1801. The church was built in a combination of Baroque and late Renaissance styles. In the 19th century, when the church was rebuilt, classicism became the predominant style in its architecture. The interior decoration of the temple, the stucco work and the wall paintings have remained unchanged.

The Cathedral of the Nativity of Mary Most Holy, built in the 7th century, is incorporated in what was the main sacred temple of Doric style of the Greek colony of Syracuse, dedicated to Athena. After being damaged during the earthquake in Sicily in 1693, it was restored in a rococo style in the 18th century. Since 2005, the cathedral is protected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

The Cathedral of Tarazona is one of the most characteristic constructions of the Gothic and Mudejar style in the country. Its construction began in the 11th century and was consecrated in 1232. In the 14th century, it was destroyed during the War of the Two Peters (1356-1375). Its bays were rebuilt in the Mudejar style, as were the side chapels, the exterior walls, the dome and the tower.

The Cathedral of the Armed Forces is the cathedral of the Military Ordinariate in Spain. The church was originally part of the former Bernardine monastery of Madrid, founded in 1615 by Cristóbal de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Uceda. The church was designed in the shape of a Latin cross by the architect Juan Gómez de Mora in 1615, but construction began in 1671, half a century after the foundation of the monastery, due to the misfortune of the favourite, and was not completed until 1744. The convent was demolished in 1972. The church was therefore purchased by the Spanish Ministry of Defence around 1980 to house the Military Ordinariate in Spain.

The Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary is a Romanesque church dating from the 11th century. Hardly anything is known about the cathedral before the year 1000, although in Koper, with interruptions, bishops have been enthroned since 520. The oldest mention of the Romanesque Church of Mary in Koper dates back to the end of the 11th century. The church houses the relics of St. Nazarius and St. Alexander.

Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady and St Foster (Vedast) is one of the most impressive neo-classic 18th century buildings of western Europe. The cathedral was the abbey church of the Abbey of Saint Vaast still next to it today. The origins of the whole go back to the 7th century. The abbey was rebuilt in 1740 and the abbey church around 1760.

The Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady is a Baroque Catholic cathedral, built between 1712 and 1730. The adjoining monastery was closed in 1852, while the church was transformed into a parish and in 1925 it became the Catholic Cathedral of the Diocese of Pinsk. The facade is richly decorated and took its present form in 1766.