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.
- Niepokalanego Serca Najświętszej Maryi PannyJadowniki MokreView parish
- Niepokalanego Serca Najświętszej Maryi PannyKowalowaView parish
- Niepokalanego Serca Najświętszej Maryi PannyMarcinkowiceView parish
- Niepokalanego Serca Najświętszej Maryi PannyPrzybysławiceMass times recorded
- Niepokalanego Serca Najświętszej Maryi PannyTarnówView parish
- Niepokalanego Serca Najświętszej Maryi PannyWola PiskulinaView parish
- Oczyszczenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyOdporyszówMass times recorded
- Ofiarowania w Świątyni i Wniebowstąpienia Pana JezusaSiemiechówMass times recorded
- Opatrzności BożejJodłówka-WałkiMass times recorded
- Pana Jezusa Dobrego PasterzaRudy-RysieMass times recorded
- Pana Jezusa Miłosiernego i Świętego Andrzeja ApostołaCiężkowiceView parish
- Podwyższenia KrzyżaOlszynyView parish
- Podwyższenia KrzyżaZiempniówView parish
- Podwyższenia Krzyża ŚwiętegoHubeniceView parish
- Podwyższenia Krzyża ŚwiętegoIwkowaView parish
- Podwyższenia Krzyża ŚwiętegoJanowiceView parish
- Podwyższenia Krzyża ŚwiętegoPodole-GórowaMass times recorded
- Podwyższenia Krzyża ŚwiętegoWielka WieśMass times recorded
- Podwyższenia Krzyża ŚwiętegoZbylitowska GóraMass times recorded
- Przemienienia PańskiegoDąbrówki BreńskieMass times recorded
- Przemienienia PańskiegoŁadnaView parish
- Przemienienia PańskiegoJaworznaMass times recorded
- Przemienienia PańskiegoKoszyce WielkieMass times recorded
- Przemienienia PańskiegoKrólówkaView parish
- Przemienienia PańskiegoPodgrodzieView parish
- Przemienienia PańskiegoRadomyśl WielkiView parish
- Przemienienia Pańskiego i Bożego MiłosierdziaJurkówView parish
- Przemienienia Pańskiego i Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Maryi PannyKamienicaMass times recorded
- Siedmiu Boleści Najświętszej Maryi PannyNieczajnaMass times recorded
- Trójcy PrzenajświętszejDulcza WielkaView 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%.