title: Concepción
text: # 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:
  
  ## 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
  
  ### 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 (fl. 1720), 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
  * El 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)
  