Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarnów

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]

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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 (including non-members)	(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	Marek Jędraszewski
Auxiliary Bishops	Wiesław Lechowicz Stanisław Salaterski Leszek Leszkiewicz Artur Ważny (elect)
Bishops emeritus	Władysław Bobowski

References

Latin and Eastern 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 Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Poland (all non-Latin Catholic rites, except Ukrainians)
Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church	Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw Eparchy of Olsztyn–Gdańsk Eparchy of Wrocław–Koszalin
Furthermore	List of Catholic dioceses in Poland
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