Concepción
# 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)
