Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarnów

Diocese of Tarnów Dioecesis Tarnoviensis Diecezja Tarnowska
Cathedral Basilica of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Tarnów
Location
Country	Poland
Metropolitan	Kraków^[1]
Statistics
Area	7,566 km² (2,921 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 1,097,279 1,091,829 (99.5%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	1783^[2]
Cathedral	Bazylika katedralna Narodzenia NMP w Tarnowie
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Andrzej Jeż^[3]
Metropolitan Archbishop	Stanisław Dziwisz
Auxiliary Bishops	Wiesław Lechowicz Stanisław Salaterski Leszek Leszkiewicz
Emeritus Bishops	Władysław Bobowski

The Diocese of Tarnów is a Roman Catholic diocese in Poland. According to Church statistics, it is the most religious diocese in Poland, with 72.5% weekly Mass attendance.^[4]

Bishop Jeż

References

Roman Catholic dioceses in Poland

Province of Białystok	Archdiocese of Białystok Diocese of Drohiczyn Diocese of Łomża

Province of Częstochowa	Archdiocese of Częstochowa Diocese of Radom Diocese of Sosnowiec

Province of Gdańsk	Archdiocese of Gdańsk Diocese of Pelplin Diocese of Toruń

Province of Gniezno	Archdiocese of Gniezno Diocese of Bydgoszcz Diocese of Włocławek

Province of Katowice	Archdiocese of Katowice Diocese of Gliwice Diocese of Opole

Province of Kraków	Archdiocese of Kraków Diocese of Bielsko–Żywiec Diocese of Kielce Diocese of Tarnów

Province of Łódź	Archdiocese of Łódź Diocese of Łowicz

Province of Lublin	Archdiocese of Lublin Diocese of Sandomierz Diocese of Siedlce

Province of Poznań	Archdiocese of Poznań Diocese of Kalisz

Province of Przemyśl	Archdiocese of Przemyśl Diocese of Rzeszów Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów

Province of Szczecin-Kamień	Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów

Province of Warmia	Archdiocese of Warmia Diocese of Elbląg Diocese of Ełk

Province of Warszawa	Archdiocese of Warszawa Diocese of Płock Diocese of Warszawa-Praga

Province of Wrocław	Archdiocese of Wrocław Diocese of Legnica Diocese of Świdnica

Sui iuris Jurisdictions	Military Ordinariate of Poland

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Coordinates: 50°00′47″N 20°59′14″E / 50.0131°N 20.9871°E / 50.0131; 20.9871

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