Żarnowiec is located on the boundary between the Miechów Upland and the Lelów Threshold, on the Pilica river, in the north-eastern part of Silesia. The erection of the church in the parish (the other church is located in so-called Stary Żarnowiec) is associated with King Casimir the Great. Fr. Maksymilian Binkiewicz, a blessed martyr of the Second World War, who was murdered by the Nazis in Dachau, came from this village.