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.
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- 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.
- Świętego Józefa Oblubieńca Najświętszej Maryi PannyPogórska WolaView parish
- Świętego Józefa Oblubieńca Najświętszej Maryi PannySkrzyszówView parish
- Świętego Józefa Oblubieńca Najświętszej Maryi PannyZalipieView parish
- Świętego Józefa RobotnikaRytroView parish
- Świętego Józefa RzemieślnikaKrosnaView parish
- Świętego Józefa RzemieślnikaMaszkieniceMass times recorded
- Świętego Józefa RzemieślnikaPustkówMass times recorded
- Świętego Józefa RzemieślnikaRzędzianowiceView parish
- Świętego Józefa RzemieślnikaStara WieśMass times recorded
- Świętego Józefa RzemieślnikaTarnowiecView parish
- Świętego KazimierzaNowy SączView parish
- Świętego KazimierzaRadgoszczView parish
- Świętego Klemensa Papieża i MęczennikaCzerminView parish
- Świętego Krzyża i Matki Bożej Nieustającej PomocyTarnówMass times recorded
- Świętego Krzyża i Świętego Filipa NeriTarnówMass times recorded
- Świętego Maksymiliana Marii KolbegoBuchciceView parish
- Świętego Maksymiliana Marii KolbegoGruszów WielkiView parish
- Świętego Maksymiliana Marii KolbegoJaworskoView parish
- Świętego Maksymiliana Marii KolbegoKiczniaView parish
- Świętego Maksymiliana Marii KolbegoMłynneMass times recorded
- Świętego Maksymiliana Marii KolbegoStróżnaView parish
- Świętego Maksymiliana Marii KolbegoŚwiebodzinMass times recorded
- Świętego Maksymiliana Marii KolbegoTarnówView parish
- Świętego Maksymiliana Marii KolbegoWiewiórkaView parish
- Świętego Maksymiliana Marii KolbegoZabrnieView parish
- Świętego Maksymiliana Marii KolbegoZalesieMass times recorded
- Świętego Marcina BiskupaCzarny PotokView parish
- Świętego Marcina BiskupaGnojnikMass times recorded
- Świętego Marcina BiskupaGrywałdMass times recorded
- Świętego Marcina BiskupaMogilnoMass 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%.