The present invention provides a piezoelectric ceramic and a piezoelectric element, which have a large dynamic d33 (dynamic piezoelectric coefficient d33 ), can be used even under an elevated temperature of 200 DEG C, and exhibit a small variation between the dynamic d33 at room temperature and the dynamic d33 at 200 DEG C. The piezoelectric ceramic of the present invention is characterized by containing 100 parts by mass of a bismuth layered compound as a main component and a total of 0.05 to 1 part by mass, in terms of oxides (MnO2 and Fe2O3), of at least one of Mn and Fe, the bismuth layered compound being represented by a compositional formula of Bi 4 Ti3O12.beta [(1-gamma )M1TiO3.gamma M2M3O3], wherein and satisfy the following formulae: 0.405 <=beta <=0.498 and 0 <=gamma <=0.3, M1 represents at least one selected from Sr, Ba, Ca, (Bi0.5 Na0.5 ), (Bi0.5 Li0.5 ) and (Bi0.5 K0.5 ), M2 is at least one selected from Bi, Na, K and Li, and M3 is at least one of Fe and Nb.