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.
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaMikołajowiceMass times recorded
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaMokrzyskaMass times recorded
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaMuchówkaView parish
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaNowa JastrząbkaView parish
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaNowy SączMass times recorded
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaŁomnica-ZdrójView parish
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaRóżaMass times recorded
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaStróżaView parish
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaSzczawaMass times recorded
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaTarnówMass times recorded
- Najświętszego Serca Pana JezusaŻmiącaView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny CzęstochowskiejBiskupice RadłowskieView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny CzęstochowskiejBogumiłowiceView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny CzęstochowskiejBorowaView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny CzęstochowskiejGabońView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny CzęstochowskiejKamienica GórnaView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny CzęstochowskiejLeszczynaView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny CzęstochowskiejMochnaczka NiżnaView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny CzęstochowskiejSłopniceView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny CzęstochowskiejStare ŻukowiceMass times recorded
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny CzęstochowskiejTrzemesnaView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny KrólowejGromnikMass times recorded
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny KrólowejGródek nad DunajcemMass times recorded
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny Królowej PolskiBorzęcinView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny Królowej PolskiDobryninView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny Królowej PolskiKamionnaView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny Królowej PolskiKrasne-LasociceView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny Królowej PolskiMędrzechówView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny Królowej PolskiNiecieczaView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny Królowej PolskiNiedźwiedzaView 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%.