Places of Worship

Spain is a secular state. Although most of the population is Catholic, there are a number of other important religious minorities (including Protestants, Muslims and Orthodox). In the list below you should be able to find a place of worship that matches your belief system so you can practice your faith during your stay in Madrid (classification used by the Religious Pluralism Observatory in Spain).

Foreign language religious services:

- In English:

• Catholic: Our Lady of Mercy Parish (Parish of San Dámaso) and Parish of Santa María la Blanca de Montecarmelo
• Anglican: St. George's Anglican Church
• Interdenominational: The Community Church of Madrid  

- In French:

• Catholic: San Luis de los Franceses

- In Italian:

• Catholic: Parish of San Nicolás de los Servitas

- In German:

• Catholic: Parish of Santa María (Katholischen Gemeinde Deutscher Sprache)
• Evangelical Lutheran: German speaking Evangelical Church

- In Chinese:

• Catholic: Parish of Santa Rita and Parish of Cristo Rey in Usera

- In Russian:

• Orthodox:  Russian Orthodox Church (Parish of Santa María Magdalena)

- In Basque:

• Catholic: Chapel of San Ignacio de los Vascos

Services in Spanish:

• Catholic: Archdiocese of Madrid 
• Muslim: Madrid Islamic Cultural Centre / Abu Bakr Mosque (Madrid Central Mosque)
• Jewish: Communal Centre of the Jewish Community of Madrid
• Protestant: Evangelical Council of Madrid
• Orthodox: Orthodox Archdiocese of Spain and Portugal (Santa Iglesia Catedral de Santos Andrés y Demetrio)
• Buddhist: Federation of Buddhist Communities of Spain
• Hindu: Hindu Temple Jhulelal (Calle de Federico Moreno Torroba, 1) 
• Mormon: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
• Jehovah’s Witnesses: Christian Jehovah’s Witnesses Spain

Religious services at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport:

Madrid´s airport has three Catholic chapels, two mosques and two prayer rooms / multi-faith rooms. Their opening days and times are available on this website.

Religious services for the disabled:

Deaf and deaf-blind persons:

• Catholic: Parish of Santa María del Silencio (Madrid Pastoral for the Deaf) 

    See list of accessible Catholic places of worship

Related events

The German Evangelical Church runs a Christmas market every year at No. 6 Paseo de la Castellana, very close to Plaza de Colón, in the Salamanca neighbourhood.

And Saint George’s Church brings British Christmas traditions to Madrid with a British Christmas market that runs every December on the corner of Núñez de Balboa and Hermosilla, also in the neighbourhood of Salamanca.

Further information (in Spanish): 

• Register of Religious Bodies of the Ministry of Justice / Government of Spain