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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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 Wojciecha Biskupa i MęczennikaSzczawnicaView parish
- Świętego Wojciecha Biskupa i MęczennikaTrześńView parish
- Świętego Wojciecha Biskupa i Męczennika i Podwyższenia Krzyża ŚwiętegoRożnówMass times recorded
- Świętego ZygmuntaŻelichówMass times recorded
- Świętej AnnyKorzeniówMass times recorded
- Świętej AnnyŁapczycaView parish
- Świętej AnnyWadowice GórneView parish
- Świętej AnnyŻegiestówView parish
- Świętej Barbary Męczennicy i Świętego Stanisława Biskupa i MęczennikaSzykMass times recorded
- Świętej Elżbiety WęgierskiejStary SączMass times recorded
- Świętej HelenyNowy SączMass times recorded
- Świętej Jadwigi ŚląskiejDębicaView parish
- Świętej Justyny Panny i MęczennicyPaleśnicaView parish
- Świętej Katarzyny AleksandryjskiejWilkowiskoMass times recorded
- Świętej Katarzyny Aleksandryjskiej Panny i MęczennicyGrybówView parish
- Świętej Katarzyny Aleksandryjskiej Panny i MęczennicyGwoździecView parish
- Świętej Katarzyny Aleksandryjskiej Panny i MęczennicyOciekaMass times recorded
- Świętej Katarzyny Panny i MęczennicyKamionka MałaView parish
- Świętej Katarzyny Panny i MęczennicyOlesnoMass times recorded
- Świętej Katarzyny Panny i MęczennicyRygliceView parish
- Świętej Katarzyny Panny i MęczennicyTurzaView parish
- Świętej KingiWojnarowaView parish
- Świętej KingiŻegiestów-ZdrójView parish
- Świętej Marii MagdalenyKaninaMass times recorded
- Świętej Marii MagdalenySzczucinMass times recorded
- Świętej Marii MagdalenyZborowiceView parish
- Świętej Marii Magdaleny i Świętego Stanisława BiskupaSzczepanówView parish
- Świętej MałgorzatyNowy SączMass times recorded
- Świętej Małgorzaty Panny i MęczennicyDębnoView parish
- Świętej Małgorzaty Panny i MęczennicyTrzcianaMass 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%.