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Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarnów

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Roman Catholic diocese in Poland
Diocese of Tarnów
Dioecesis Tarnoviensis
Diecezja Tarnowska
Cathedral Basilica of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Tarnów
Location
CountryPoland
MetropolitanKraków
Statistics
Area7,566 km (2,921 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2022)
1,111,907
1,105,345 (99.4%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteLatin Rite
Established1783
CathedralBazylika katedralna Narodzenia NMP w Tarnowie
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopAndrzej Jeż
Metropolitan ArchbishopMarek Jędraszewski
Auxiliary BishopsStanisław Salaterski
Leszek Leszkiewicz
Artur Ważny
Bishops emeritusWładysław Bobowski

The Diocese of Tarnów (Latin: Dioecesis Tarnoviensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Poland. According to Church statistics, it is the most religious diocese in Poland, with 72.5% weekly Mass attendance.

Bishop Jeż

References

  1. GCatholic.org
  2. Tarnów - Catholic Encyclopedia article
  3. Catholic Hierarchy
  4. Tygodnik Katolicki - Gość Niedzielny - Wydanie Internetowe
Latin and Eastern Catholic dioceses in Poland
Province of Białystok
Province of Częstochowa
Province of Gdańsk
Province of Gniezno
Province of Katowice
Province of Kraków
Province of Łódź
Province of Lublin
Province of Poznań
Province of Przemyśl
Province of Szczecin-Kamień
Province of Warmia
Province of Warszawa
Province of Wrocław
Sui iuris jurisdictions
Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
See also

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