Concepción (Spanish for conception) refers to the Immaculate Conception of Mary, mother of Jesus, according to Roman Catholic Church doctrine. Concepción or Concepcion may also refer to:

Geography

Argentina

  • Concepción, Catamarca, a village
  • Concepción, Corrientes, a town
  • Concepción, Tucumán, a city
  • Concepción de Buena Esperanza, dead city in Chaco province
  • Concepción de la Sierra, Misiones Province, a village
  • Concepción del Bermejo, Chaco, a village
  • Concepción del Uruguay, Entre Ríos, a city
  • Concepción Department, Argentina, Corrientes

Bolivia

  • Concepción, Santa Cruz, a town
  • Concepción Lake, Chiqui, a lake in Chiquitos Province
  • Valle de la Concepción, an agricultural valley and wine region in Tarija Department

Chile

  • Bay of Concepción
  • Concepción, Chile
  • Concepción Province, Chile
  • Greater Concepción
  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Concepción

Colombia

  • Concepción, Antioquia
  • Concepción, Santander

Costa Rica

  • Concepción District, Alajuelita

Guatemala

  • Concepción, Sololá
  • Concepción Chiquirichapa
  • Concepción Huista
  • Concepción Las Minas
  • Concepción Tutuapa

Honduras

  • Concepción, Intibucá
  • Concepción, Ocotepeque
  • Concepción de María, Choluteca

Mexico

  • Concepción Buenavista
  • Concepción de Buenos Aires
  • Concepción Pápalo

Nicaragua

  • Concepción (volcano)

Paraguay

  • Concepción, Paraguay
  • Concepción Department, Paraguay
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción en Paraguay

Peru

  • Concepción, Junín
  • Concepción District, Vilcas Huamán
  • Concepción District, Concepción
  • Concepción Province, Peru

Philippines

  • Concepcion, Gandara, Samar
  • Concepcion, Iloilo
  • Concepcion, Misamis Occidental
  • Concepcion, Romblon
  • Concepcion, Tarlac

Spain

  • Concepción (Madrid), a ward in Madrid

United States

  • Concepcion, Texas
  • Mission Concepcion, a Franciscan mission in Texas

People

  • Bernabe Concepcion (born 1988), Filipino boxer
  • Camila María Concepción (1991–2020), American transgender rights activist and television writer
  • César Concepción (1909–1974), Puerto Rican musician
  • Concepción Aleixandre (1862–1952), Spanish physician
  • Concepcion Anes (1929/1930–2004), Gibraltarian politician
  • Concepción Arenal (1820–1893), Spanish feminist writer
  • Concepción Argüello (1781–1857), fiancée of Nikolai Rezanov and later nun
  • Concepción Badillo (born 1986), Spanish swimmer
  • Concepción Bellorín (born 1980), Spanish judoka
  • Concepción Blasco Oliver (1858–1938), Spanish philanthropist
  • Concepción Bona (1824–1901), Dominican independence campaigner
  • Concepción Cabrera de Armida (1862–1937), Mexican Catholic mystic and writer
  • Concepción Cascajosa (born 1979), Spanish communication scholar
  • Concepción Castañeda Ortiz (born 1952), Mexican politician
  • Concepción Dueso Garcés (born 1967), Spanish goalball player
  • Concepción Espejel (born 1959), Spanish magistrate
  • Concepción Felix (1884–1967), Filipina feminist and human rights activist
  • Concepción Gimeno de Flaquer (1850-1919), Spanish writer, editor, feminist, traveler
  • Concepción González Molina (born 1953), Mexican politician
  • Concepción Hernández Díaz (born 1972), Spanish goalball player
  • Concepción Langa Nuño, Spanish historian
  • Concepción Leyes de Chaves (1891–1985), Paraguayan writer
  • Concepción Lombardo (1835–1931), wife of the Mexican president Miguel Miramon
  • Concepción Mariño (1790–1854), participant in the Venezuelan War of Independence
  • Concepción Mendizábal Mendoza (1893–1985), Mexican civil engineer
  • Concepción Montaner (born 1981), Spanish long jumper
  • Concepción Ojeda Hernández (born 1977), Mexican politician
  • Concepción Palacios Herrera (1893–1981), Nicaraguan physician
  • Concepción Paredes (1970–2019), Spanish triple jump athlete
  • Concepción Picciotto (1936–2016), peace activist and nuclear-disarmament advocate
  • Concepción Quiñones de Longo, Puerto Rican pediatrician and government official
  • Concepción Ramírez (1942–2021), Guatemalan peace activist
  • Concepcion Rodriguez (born 1986), Panamanian baseball player
  • Concepción Robles Altamirano (born 1965), Mexican politician
  • Concepción Saiz Otero (1851–1934), Spanish educator and feminist
  • Concepción Silva Belinzon (1903–1987), Uruguayan writer
  • Concepción Úsuga (born 2001), Colombian weightlifter
  • Danilo Concepcion (born 1958), Filipino lawyer and academic administrator
  • Dave Concepción (born 1948), former Major League baseball player during the 1970s and 1980s
  • Emerito Concepción (born 1962), Filipino sport shooter
  • Félix Alberto Beltrán Concepción (1938–2022), Cuban artist
  • Francisca Josefa de la Concepción (1671–1742), Colombian nun and mystic
  • Gaby Concepcion, Filipina actress and lawyer
  • Gabby Concepcion (born 1964), Filipino actor
  • Gabriela Concepción (born 1989), Venezuelan beauty pageant contestant
  • Gerardo Concepción (born 1992), Cuban baseball player
  • Gerónimo de la Concepción (1642–1698), Spanish Carmelite and writer
  • Iluminada Concepción (born 1956), Cuban tennis player
  • Imelda Concepcion (born 1936), Filipina actress
  • Hermogenes Concepcion Jr. (1920–2018), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
  • Janier Concepción (born 1985), Cuban rower
  • Juan Gabriel Concepción (born 1972), Spanish pole vaulter
  • Julio Concepcion, American politician
  • KC Concepcion (American football) (born 2004), American football player
  • KC Concepcion (actress) (born 1985), Filipina entertainer
  • Kevin Concepcion (born 2004), American football player
  • Lee Concepcion (born 1967), Filipino swimmer
  • Luis Concepción (born 1985), Panamanian boxer
  • Mercedes Concepcion (born 1928), Filipina social scientist
  • Monchile Concepción (1905–1967), Puerto Rican baseball player
  • Nicholas de Concepcion (), pirate
  • Onix Concepción (born 1957), Puerto Rican baseball player
  • Pedro Concepcion, Filipino lawyer and election official
  • Rafael Concepción (born 1982), Panamanian boxer
  • René Concepcion (born 1969), Filipino swimmer
  • Roberto Concepcion (1903–1987), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
  • Rudy Concepción (1912–1940), Filipino film actor
  • Sabino Bautista Concepción (born 1963), Mexican politician
  • Sam Concepcion (born 1992), Filipino entertainer
  • Tomas Fernandez Concepcion (1933–2012), Filipino politician and sculptor
  • Valerie Concepcion (born 1987), Filipina entertainer
  • Venancio Concepción, Filipino general
  • Vincent and Liza Concepcion, respondents in the United States Supreme Court case AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion
  • Yam Concepcion (born 1988), Filipina actress
  • Conchita, a popular diminutive form of this name

Ships

  • , a 16th-century Spanish ship that participated in Magellan's circumnavigation
  • , an American Civil War-era ship, later the Chilean Navy ship Concepción
  • La Concepcion<!-- Absence of accent mark is as in linked article; please correct both this and linked article if omission is erroneous. -->, a ship that sunk near the Dominican Republic in 1641
  • , various Spanish Navy ships

Historical events

  • Battle of Concepción, in the Texas War of Independence
  • Battle of La Concepción, between Chile and Peru
  • Battle of Concepción, Chile (disambiguation)

See also

  • Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (disambiguation)
  • Bishop of Concepción (disambiguation)
  • Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (disambiguation)
  • Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception (disambiguation)
  • Church of the Immaculate Conception (disambiguation)
  • Concepción Department (disambiguation)
  • Concepción District (disambiguation)
  • Concepción Province (disambiguation)
  • Conception (disambiguation)
  • Inmaculada Concepción (disambiguation)
  • La Concepción (disambiguation)
  • La Purísima Concepción (disambiguation)