The aim of this study is to provide information about the abbots who held office in Tyniec from the time of its foundation until its suppression. The author was able to establish their names and the dates of their reign, to describe their way to the abbey or their later fate when they left this dignity. Also of interest was the posthumous fate, place and date of burial, tomb monuments, portraits, legacy, fame or infamy. All this was present in the history of Tyniec. At the end of the article there is a list of all abbots described from the 11th to the beginning of the 19th century.