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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- 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.
- Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyDobrkówView parish
- Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyJazowskoMass times recorded
- Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyJodłownikMass times recorded
- Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyKrólowa GórnaView parish
- Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyKrużlowa WyżnaView parish
- Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyOkuliceMass times recorded
- Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyŁosieView parish
- Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyPiwniczna-ZdrójMass times recorded
- Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyRajbrotView parish
- Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannySiedliska-BoguszView parish
- Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannySromowce NiżneView parish
- Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyTarnówView parish
- Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyTymbarkView parish
- Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyZłockieMass times recorded
- Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyZawadaMass times recorded
- Narodzenia Świętego Jana ChrzcicielaBrzeźnicaMass times recorded
- Narodzenia Świętego Jana ChrzcicielaChełmView parish
- Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyDomosławiceMass times recorded
- Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyDługołęka-ŚwierklaView parish
- Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyKamiannaView parish
- Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyLipnica WielkaView parish
- Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyNawojowaMass times recorded
- Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyTuchówMass times recorded
- Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyZaborówView parish
- Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyZdziarzecMass times recorded
- Niepokalanego Serca MaryiSzczepanowiceView parish
- Niepokalanego Serca Najświętszej Maryi PannyBukowiecView parish
- Niepokalanego Serca Najświętszej Maryi PannyCzyrnaView parish
- Niepokalanego Serca Najświętszej Maryi PannyGorzkówView parish
- Niepokalanego Serca Najświętszej Maryi PannyGrabnoView 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%.