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.
- Świętego Marcina BiskupaŁużnaView parish
- Świętego Marcina BiskupaZawadaView parish
- Świętego Marcina BiskupaZwiernikView parish
- Świętego Marcina Biskupa i Matki Bożej PocieszeniaCzermnaView parish
- Świętego Marka EwangelistyMielecMass times recorded
- Świętego Mateusza Apostoła i EwangelistyMielecMass times recorded
- Świętego Mateusza Apostoła i Ewangelisty oraz Świętej RozaliiBiesiadkiView parish
- Świętego Michała ArchaniołaPiotrkowiceView parish
- Świętego Michała ArchaniołaRopaView parish
- Świętego Michała ArchaniołaSzalowaView parish
- Świętego Michała ArchaniołaUjanowiceView parish
- Świętego Michała ArchaniołaWierchomla WielkaView parish
- Świętego Michała ArchaniołaZłotaView parish
- Świętego Michała ArchaniołaŻeleźnikowa WielkaView parish
- Świętego MikołajaBochniaView parish
- Świętego MikołajaSiedliskaMass times recorded
- Świętego Mikołaja BiskupaBorowaView parish
- Świętego Mikołaja BiskupaBrzozowaMass times recorded
- Świętego Mikołaja BiskupaŁękawicaView parish
- Świętego Mikołaja BiskupaLubzinaMass times recorded
- Świętego Mikołaja BiskupaMoszczenica NiżnaView parish
- Świętego Mikołaja BiskupaPrzyszowaMass times recorded
- Świętego Mikołaja BiskupaSkrzydlnaView parish
- Świętego Mikołaja BiskupaTabaszowaView parish
- Świętego Mikołaja BiskupaTylmanowaMass times recorded
- Świętego Mikołaja BiskupaTymowaView parish
- Świętego Mikołaja BiskupaŻegocinaMass times recorded
- Świętego Mikołaja BiskupaZgórskoMass times recorded
- Świętego Pawła ApostołaBochniaMass times recorded
- Świętego Prokopa OpataJadownikiView 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%.