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.
- Zmartwychwstania PańskiegoKiełkówView parish
- Znalezienia Krzyża ŚwiętegoNowe RybieView parish
- Znalezienia Krzyża ŚwiętegoOchotnica DolnaMass times recorded
- Ścięcia Świętego Jana ChrzcicielaGóra Świętego JanaMass times recorded
- Świętego Alberta ChmielowskiegoLibrantowaMass times recorded
- Świętego Andrzeja ApostołaLipnica MurowanaView parish
- Świętego Andrzeja ApostołaPolnaMass times recorded
- Świętego Andrzeja ApostołaPorąbka UszewskaMass times recorded
- Świętego Andrzeja ApostołaSłopniceView parish
- Świętego Andrzeja ApostołaSiedlceView parish
- Świętego Andrzeja ApostołaŁukowicaView parish
- Świętego Andrzeja BoboliGawłówMass times recorded
- Świętego Andrzeja BoboliŚnietnicaView parish
- Świętego Andrzeja Boboli MęczennikaSzarwarkView parish
- Świętego Antoniego OpataMęcinaView parish
- Świętego Antoniego PadewskiegoBoguszaMass times recorded
- Świętego Antoniego PadewskiegoCikowiceMass times recorded
- Świętego Antoniego PadewskiegoGołkowice GórneView parish
- Świętego Antoniego PadewskiegoKrynica-ZdrójMass times recorded
- Świętego Antoniego PadewskiegoNagoszynView parish
- Świętego Augustyna BiskupaJamyMass times recorded
- Świętego Bartłomieja ApostołaJastrzębiaView parish
- Świętego Bartłomieja ApostołaŁęki GórneView parish
- Świętego Bartłomieja ApostołaPoręba SpytkowskaView parish
- Świętego Bartłomieja ApostołaSamociceView parish
- Świętego Bartłomieja ApostołaSzczurowaMass times recorded
- Świętego Bartłomieja ApostołaZbyszyceView parish
- Świętego Brata AlbertaZgłobiceView parish
- Świętego Brata Alberta ChmielowskiegoBreńView parish
- Świętego Feliksa Papieża i MęczennikaNiedzieliskaMass times recorded
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%.