Poland is set to ordain 208 men to the sacred priesthood this year, the highest number of any European country.
A total of 141 men will be ordained for the diocesan priesthood. The Archdiocese of Warsaw, the country’s second largest by Catholic population, is set to ordain 12 men. However, the diocese with the largest number of new priests will be the Diocese of Tarnów, in the south of Poland, which will ordain 13 men.
The diocese is known for its deeply devout population, where 61.5 per cent attend Holy Mass and 99.4 per cent identify as Catholic. It has consistently been blessed with a greater number of seminarians than other dioceses. For the past three years, members of the diocese have undertaken a pilgrimage to the sanctuary of Our Lady of Tuchów to pray for priestly vocations. This year, over 1,000 faithful took part in the pilgrimage, which many attribute to the comparatively large number of vocations within the diocese.
