The Wanchin Basilica is the only Catholic church in Taiwan with the title of Basilica, an honorary title given to a Roman Catholic church for the religious, historic and artistic significance it has in its locality.
萬金天主堂是台灣唯一一座經教宗聖若望保祿二世批准晉升為「聖母聖殿」的天主堂，層級上僅次於梵諦岡羅馬教廷的大教堂。