Suffragan diocese Tarnów, Poland
Diocese of Tarnów
Tarnovien(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in southern Poland, canonically erected 13 March 1786 with its see in Tarnow. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Krakow and is noted as the most religious diocese in Poland, with the country's highest Sunday Mass attendance. Its mother church is the Cathedral Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Tarnow.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1786
- Catholics
- 1,111,080
- Priests
- 1,415
- Territory
- 7,566 km²
Parishes and churches
470 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Bożego MiłosierdziaNowy SączView parish
- Bożej OpatrznościWola MieleckaView parish
- Błogosławionej Karoliny KózkaSiedlecView parish
- Błogosławionej Karoliny KózkaTarnówMass times recorded
- Błogosławionej Karoliny KózkównyWola RadłowskaView parish
- Błogosławionej Marii Teresy LedóchowskiejMuszynaMass times recorded
- Centrum Formacyjno-Rekolekcyjne ArkaGródek nad DunajcemView parish
- Chrystusa Dobrego PasterzaTarnówMass times recorded
- Chrystusa KrólaGóra MotycznaMass times recorded
- Chrystusa KrólaSiedliska TuchowskieMass times recorded
- Chrystusa Króla WszechświataWola PrzemykowskaView parish
- Diecezjalne Centrum Pielgrzymowania im. Jana Pawła IIStary SączView parish
- Dobrego PasterzaNagawczynaMass times recorded
- Dom rekolekcyjny Ruchu Światło-Życie EFEZCzchówView parish
- Ducha ŚwiętegoChronówMass times recorded
- Ducha ŚwiętegoMielecMass times recorded
- Ducha ŚwiętegoNowy SączMass times recorded
- Ducha ŚwiętegoRzuchowaView parish
- Ducha ŚwiętegoSufczynMass times recorded
- Ducha ŚwiętegoŻabnoView parish
- Imienia MaryiJasiennaView parish
- Imienia Maryi PannyPtaszkowaView parish
- Imienia Najświętszej Maryi PannyChomraniceView parish
- Imienia Najświętszej Maryi PannyGroblaView parish
- Imienia Najświętszej Maryi PannyOlszynyView parish
- Krzyża Świętego i Matki Bożej BolesnejDębicaMass times recorded
- Macierzyństwa Najświętszej Maryi PannyMuszynaView parish
- Matki Boskiej BolesnejLimanowaMass times recorded
- Matki Boskiej BolesnejZaczarnieMass times recorded
- Matki Boskiej CzęstochowskiejDzierżaninyView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Andrzej Jez
- Born
- 3 May 1963
- Birthplace
- Limanowa
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Tarnow stands in Tarnów, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
By the measure of Church statistics, no diocese in Poland is more religious than Tarnów (Latin: Dioecesis Tarnoviensis), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church, with weekly Mass attendance of 72.5%. The latest figures, published in December 2025, again put it first in the country for Sunday Massgoers at 62.3%, well ahead of the next highest dioceses, Rzeszów at 52.4% and Przemyśl at 50.0%.