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 Rafała KalinowskiegoŚmignoView parish
- Świętego RochaNowy SączView parish
- Świętego Sebastiana MęczennikaStrzelce WielkieView parish
- Świętego Stanisława BiskupaTęgoborzeView parish
- Świętego Stanisława Biskupa i MęczennikaBinczarowaMass times recorded
- Świętego Stanisława Biskupa i MęczennikaŁabowaMass times recorded
- Świętego Stanisława Biskupa i MęczennikaBrzeźnicaView parish
- Świętego Stanisława Biskupa i MęczennikaJodłowaMass times recorded
- Świętego Stanisława Biskupa i MęczennikaMłyńczyskaView parish
- Świętego Stanisława Biskupa i MęczennikaPustków-OsiedleView parish
- Świętego Stanisława Biskupa i MęczennikaPustyniaMass times recorded
- Świętego Stanisława Biskupa i MęczennikaSiedliszowiceView parish
- Świętego Stanisława Biskupa i MęczennikaSiennaMass times recorded
- Świętego Stanisława Biskupa i MęczennikaSkrzyszówView parish
- Świętego Stanisława Biskupa i MęczennikaSmęgorzówView parish
- Świętego Stanisława Biskupa i MęczennikaWilczyskaMass times recorded
- Świętego Stanisława Biskupa i MęczennikaZabrzeżView parish
- Świętego Stanisława Biskupa i MęczennikaZasówView parish
- Świętego Stanisława Biskupa i MęczennikaZdrochecMass times recorded
- Świętego Stanisława KostkiLimanowaView parish
- Świętego Stanisława KostkiNiskowaMass times recorded
- Świętego Stanisława KostkiTarnówView parish
- Świętego Wawrzyńca MęczennikaCerekiewMass times recorded
- Świętego Wawrzyńca MęczennikaNowy SączMass times recorded
- Świętego Wawrzyńca MęczennikaWojniczMass times recorded
- Świętego Wawrzyńca MęczennikaZagórzanyMass times recorded
- Świętego Wincentego a PauloŻelazówkaMass times recorded
- Świętego Wojciecha Biskupa i MęczennikaBolesławView parish
- Świętego Wojciecha Biskupa i MęczennikaStary WiśniczMass times recorded
- Świętego Wojciecha Biskupa i MęczennikaStaszkówkaMass 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%.