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Name the 25 countries that have the most cathedrals (including Catholic, Anglican, Orthodox, and other denominations). Each correct answer will complete a portion of the stained glass window.
These counts include both actual cathedrals and a few prominent churches from non-episcopal denominations commonly referred to as "cathedral."
Source. Manually counted. Data may not be 100% accurate.
Thanks to Stewart. He's been a huge help with SVG's.
Quiz by dug28
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Last updated: September 25, 2020
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Answer
74
Argentina
74
Australia
291
Brazil
59
Canada
80
China
80
Colombia
181
France
46
Germany
40
Ghana
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Answer
337
India
37
Indonesia
50
Ireland
412
Italy
93
Mexico
57
Nigeria
143
Philippines
69
Poland
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Answer
52
Romania
112
Russia
41
South Africa
109
Spain
92
Ukraine
217
United Kingdom
273
United States
39
Venezuela
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Level 75
Sep 25, 2020
Brilliant work Dug! Creative as always :D
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Level 77
Sep 25, 2020
Awesome quiz Dug!! Nominated!
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Level 95
Sep 25, 2020
What a lovely quiz!
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Level 47
Sep 25, 2020
Feature! Feature! We want Feature! :D
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Level 54
Sep 26, 2020
Beautiful! Amazing! Wonderful quiz, as always! Congratulations! Nominated, sure!
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Level 67
Sep 27, 2020
love it
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Level 43
Dec 23, 2020
Another incredible quiz. Nominated!
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Level 68
Dec 23, 2020
now THAT's what I call a creative quiz! Please let this be featured!
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Level 68
Feb 22, 2021
Well, now it has been! :D
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Level 88
Jan 7, 2021
Miss any and get hot red pieces.
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Level 75
Jan 11, 2021
I love the style, but allow me to complain just a tad if I may...

I was very surprised to find Ghana on the list, so I did some digging and they seem to be pretty liberal with the word "cathedral" - I checked out a few pictures and some of them look like the kind of small church you find in villages all over Europe.

Complaint over, it was a great quiz and I only missed one!

(guess which...)

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Level 84
Jan 11, 2021
I was also surprised that Ghana made the list, but I did not go the extra mile and find pictures. Kudos. :) The source states that the list includes "a few prominent churches from non-episcopal denominations commonly referred to as 'cathedral.'" I suppose grandiose is in the eye of the beholder.
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Level 76
Jan 24, 2021
A cathedral is the seat of a bishop, it has nothing to do with the size of the building. Usually there is one cathedral per bishop. In Ghana however, there are apparently catholic bishops with two or more churches, called co-cathedrals, sharing the function of cathedral. So this might be why the number is higher than expected.
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Level 75
Feb 22, 2021
Yeah good point, I shouldn't have complained that they're not big enough to be cathedrals. So is it the case then that small churches that would be led by a priest in other countries are led by bishops in Ghana? Thereby automatically making them cathedrals? It's not really even a complaint, an interesting detail more than anything!
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Level 56
Feb 10, 2021
The cathedral in Kuala Lumpur is smaller than a lot of European village churches. But it's still a cathedral! It is rather an inexact science.
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Level 57
Jan 20, 2021
Funny how a mere two percent of India's population is Christian and yet they have the most cathedrals XD
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Level 32
Feb 22, 2021
Kinda true, but don't forget India has the second highest population in the world, so 2 percent of that is still a lot. And their land surface is pretty big as well, so that might help as well. That's why Ghana was bigger surprise to me ;)
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Level 88
Feb 22, 2021
And, India was a British protectorate for a while, so there is a significant Christian presence there.
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Level 65
Feb 26, 2021
1.5 billion divided by 50 is 30 million - A decent sized country on its own. Just add the populations of Singapore and New York together and you can decide whether or not its a big number ;)
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Level 68
Jan 26, 2023
Even Brazil, with something like 200m people and over 60% being Catholic, it's still 40 cathedrals off India.
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Level 38
Dec 29, 2023
Italy has more
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Level 64
Jan 28, 2021
maybe you could order the answers to be in order.

I also nominated you

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Level 84
Jan 28, 2021
Thanks for the nomination! Yes, it would be nice for the answers to be in order from most cathedrals to least, but I have them in alphabetical order for the sake of the quiz takers. With a missing answer, it's helpful to see which section of the alphabet it comes from.
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Level 71
Feb 23, 2021
If only I had thought to scroll down to the revealed answers, I may have used this to find the two that I had missed. It just never occurred to me to look
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Level 65
Jan 31, 2021
Good quiz. Although I agree with @ReyFar because it is more helpful to know which of the bigger countries out of the way, I can't give much criticism. Amazing SVG!
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Level 56
Feb 10, 2021
I can't imagine what the Irish do with all those cathedrals. I had no idea it was so many.
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Level 90
Feb 22, 2021
There are quite a few Anglican cathedrals as well.
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Level 23
Feb 11, 2021
GHANA?!?
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Level 84
Feb 12, 2021
ikr?
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Level 61
Feb 12, 2021
Beautiful stained glass window SVG. Stewart must be a great help for SVGs!

(Nominated.)

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Level 69
Feb 15, 2021
Lovely Rose Window! Original and fun!
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Level 75
Feb 16, 2021
I suggest this quiz be defeatured or deleted
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Level 84
Feb 16, 2021
It's not my call to make, of course, but I think there's a place for both. The linked quiz is specific to Roman Catholic cathedrals and has no svg. Also, lots of featured quizzes are variations on a similar theme. Example: 100 Biggest Cities on a World Map and All 3M Cities on a World Map.
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Level 87
Feb 16, 2021
A bit surprised to find Ghana on the list but not Ethiopia. Much bigger population, much more religious, cool church architecture.
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Level 84
Feb 16, 2021
I'm also surprised about Ethiopia. The source doesn't list Ethiopia at all. If the wikipedia page is updated, I'll be glad to update the quiz as well.
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Level 82
Feb 16, 2021
Beautiful quiz! But Wikipedia is not a great source in this case, DR Congo for example has 52 current Catholic cathedrals
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Level 84
Feb 19, 2021
So here's the deal... I care about accuracy, and I looked into this. Interestingly, the wikipedia list for the DRC cites the website you linked as its source. So I e-mailed that website to see if they could help clear up the discrepancy. We'll see if they respond. Stay tuned. :)
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Level 55
Feb 17, 2021
Amazing and such creative quiz like always Dug!!! Keep it up!!
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Level 76
Feb 19, 2021
Wow! This is beautiful!
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Level 73
Feb 22, 2021
Love the art and idea, but this doesn't match up with Quizmaster's "Countries with the Most Cathedrals" list
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Level 65
Feb 22, 2021
So? It's not really a well-defined subject.
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Level 71
Feb 22, 2021
Absolutely amazing quiz!!! This is honestly probably one of the most creative quizzes I've ever come across over my 6 years on this site, which is really saying something!
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Level 71
Feb 23, 2021
Also, I'm quite shocked at how low Mexico is. Second largest Catholic country in the world (and third largest Christian) and yet they have less than a hundred? They only barely beat out Ukraine, which is significantly smaller by population and not really notable for its churches. Brazil has less than double Mexico's population but more than triple its number of cathedrals.
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Level 84
Feb 26, 2021
Thanks for the very kind comment. :)
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Level 20
Feb 22, 2021
17/25! Good Quiz! I started with the biggest countries.
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Level 62
Feb 22, 2021
Good quiz, although I think this list is definitely biased in favour of countries that have a significant presence of both Catholics and Anglicans (and to a lesser extent Orthodox) over more homogeneous countries religion-wise.
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Level 71
Feb 22, 2021
I like how the window still looks pretty even if you miss some answers!
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Level 64
Feb 22, 2021
Fluked a 100%. Would never gave gotten Ghana if it wasn't alphabetical.

Great quiz!

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Level 84
Feb 26, 2021
Nicely done!
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Level 68
Feb 22, 2021
Wow, Italy's cathedrals per capita ratio is off the charts. I guess that shouldn't be surprising, but still...
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Level 82
Feb 23, 2021
Ireland has more cathedrals per capita actually
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Level 67
Apr 13, 2021
not to mention the vatican :/
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Level 64
Oct 19, 2022
"Um, Actually" 🤓
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Level 51
Feb 23, 2021
The Irish made so many churches! Why do they even need them :-)?
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Level 46
Feb 24, 2021
To pray..:)
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Level 21
Feb 24, 2021
thanks for the great quiz only got a 11/25 tho
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Level 46
Feb 24, 2021
Puerto Rico has about 80...
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Level 35
Feb 1, 2022
Puerto Rico isn't a country
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Level 65
May 21, 2021
Cool!

But I think you should sort by numbers,NOT a to z.

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Level 65
May 21, 2021
Cool!

But I think you should sort by numbers,NOT a to z.

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Level 65
May 21, 2021
Cool!

But I think you should sort by numbers,NOT a to z.

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Level 55
May 21, 2021
So pretty!
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Level 63
Apr 29, 2023
Ghana was a surprise, but I still got it.
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Level 60
Oct 29, 2023
I was almost stuck at 23. I entered Ghana as a bit of a joke, so I was very surprised. Then I discovered the other one that I almost missed was France...