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.
- Trójcy PrzenajświętszejJodłowaView parish
- Trójcy PrzenajświętszejMachowaView parish
- Trójcy PrzenajświętszejMielecMass times recorded
- Trójcy PrzenajświętszejObidzaView parish
- Trójcy PrzenajświętszejOkocimView parish
- Trójcy PrzenajświętszejSłupiecView parish
- Trójcy PrzenajświętszejSucha StrugaView parish
- Trójcy PrzenajświętszejTarnówView parish
- Trójcy PrzenajświętszejZabawaView parish
- Trójcy PrzenajświętszejŻyrakówView parish
- Trójcy Przenajświętszej i Świętego LeopoldaRzezawaMass times recorded
- Wniebowstąpienia PańskiegoWola RogowskaView parish
- Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi PannyDulcza MałaView parish
- Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi PannyŁętowiceView parish
- Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi PannyGręboszówView parish
- Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi PannyGumniskaView parish
- Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi PannyKrynica-ZdrójMass times recorded
- Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi PannyNowy WiśniczMass times recorded
- Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi PannyPleśnaMass times recorded
- Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi PannyPrzecławView parish
- Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi PannyRzepiennik BiskupiMass times recorded
- Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi PannyTrzcianaMass times recorded
- Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi PannyWielogłowyMass times recorded
- Wszystkich ŚwiętychBobowaMass times recorded
- Wszystkich ŚwiętychChorzelówView parish
- Wszystkich ŚwiętychKrościenko nad DunajcemMass times recorded
- Wszystkich ŚwiętychLimanowaMass times recorded
- Wszystkich ŚwiętychSobolówView parish
- Wszystkich Świętych i Niepokalanego Serca NMPStraszęcinView parish
- Wyższe Seminarium DuchowneTarnówView 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%.