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.
- Matki Bożej WniebowziętejWojakowaView parish
- Matki Bożej ŁaskawejSiekierczynaMass times recorded
- Matki Bożej ŚnieżnejFilipowiceView parish
- Miłosierdzia BożegoBrzeskoMass times recorded
- Miłosierdzia BożegoCichawkaView parish
- Miłosierdzia BożegoDębicaView parish
- Miłosierdzia BożegoGrudna GórnaMass times recorded
- Miłosierdzia BożegoMordarkaView parish
- Miłosierdzia BożegoPodłopieńMass times recorded
- Miłosierdzia BożegoRzepiennik StrzyżewskiView parish
- Miłosierdzia BożegoStary SączMass times recorded
- Miłosierdzia BożegoTarnówView parish
- Miłosierdzia BożegoWola RzędzińskaMass times recorded
- Miłosierdzia Bożego i Matki Bożej FatimskiejStrzegociceView parish
- Najświętszego Ciała i Krwi Pana JezusaBrzeznaMass times recorded
- Najświętszego Imienia MaryiLaskowaMass times recorded
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaBiadoliny RadłowskieMass times recorded
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaBłonieMass times recorded
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaBorekView parish
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaDębicaView parish
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaDelastowiceView parish
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaŁężkowiceView parish
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaFlorynkaView parish
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaGórkiView parish
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaGródekView parish
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaJankowaMass times recorded
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaKoszyce MałeMass times recorded
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaKrynica-ZdrójMass times recorded
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaLichwinView parish
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaLubczaView 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%.