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.
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny Królowej PolskiOlszankaMass times recorded
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny Królowej PolskiOstrówView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny Królowej PolskiSłotowaView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny Królowej PolskiStróżeView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny Królowej PolskiŚwiniarskoMass times recorded
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny Królowej PolskiSwoszowaView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny Królowej PolskiTarnówMass times recorded
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny Królowej ŚwiataPawęzówMass times recorded
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny Matki Kościoła i Świętego Jakuba ApostołaBrzeskoMass times recorded
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny RóżańcowejRudkaMass times recorded
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny SzkaplerznejDąbrowa TarnowskaView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny SzkaplerznejRudaView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny SzkaplerznejSzynwałdMass times recorded
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny WniebowziętejBarciceView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny WniebowziętejBrunaryMass times recorded
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny WniebowziętejBruśnikMass times recorded
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny WniebowziętejBrzozówkaView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny WniebowziętejJasieńView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny WniebowziętejKąclowaView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny WniebowziętejMaciejowaView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny WniebowziętejOłpinyMass times recorded
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny WniebowziętejOchotnica GórnaMass times recorded
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny WniebowziętejWietrzychowiceMass times recorded
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny WniebowziętejWola MędrzechowskaView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny WniebowziętejWysowa-ZdrójMass times recorded
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny Wniebowziętej i Świętego Stanisława Biskupa i MęczennikaSzczyrzycView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny Wspomożenia WiernychRadgoszczView parish
- Najświętszej Maryi Panny Wspomożycielki WiernychŁoniowaView parish
- Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyBorzęcinView parish
- Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyCzchówView 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%.