Piarist Province of Catalonia, Religious educational institution in Catalonia, Spain.

The Piarist Province of Catalonia is an administrative division of the Pious Schools overseeing multiple educational facilities across the region. It coordinates academic programs and religious instruction at different school locations under unified principles.

The Pious Schools were founded by Joseph Calasanz in Rome in 1597. The first Catalan house opened in Moià in 1683 with five Neapolitan Piarists, and the first Catalan religious made his profession in 1691. The order became an autonomous province of Rome in 1751 and adopted a uniform teaching method in 1796.

The schools' name comes from Saint Joseph Calasanz, founder of the Pious Schools in Rome in 1597. Since the late Franco era, Catalan has been the normal language of instruction and teaching has been coeducational. In 1983 the Generalitat awarded the province the Creu de Sant Jordi.

The province runs 21 schools, twenty named Pia and one Adhara, six of them in Barcelona; one sits on a street also called Escola Pia. Classes cover the first six primary years, and pupils go home for the long midday break between 13:00 and 15:00 unless parents leave them to eat at school.

The province was honored in 1983 by the Catalan government with the Saint George's Cross, recognizing its educational work. This award reflects the institution's importance in serving Catalan society and its contributions beyond the classroom.