Concepción

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:

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

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 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 (born 1985), Filipina entertainer
 * 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

 * Concepción (carrack), a 16th-century Spanish ship that participated in Magellan's circumnavigation
 * CSS Robert E. Lee, an American Civil War-era ship, later the Chilean Navy ship Concepción
 * La Concepcion, a ship that sunk near the Dominican Republic in 1641

Historical events

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