Diocese of Madison Diœcesis Madisonensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Counties of Columbia, Dane, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, Lafayette, Marquette, Rock and Sauk, Wisconsin |
Ecclesiastical province | Milwaukee |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,070 sq mi (20,900 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 1,068,466 166,923 (16%) |
Parishes | 102[1] |
Schools | 46[2] |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | January 9, 1946 (78 years ago) |
Cathedral | Saint Raphael's Cathedral (1946 – 2005) St. Bernard Catholic Church (2025 – ) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Donald J. Hying |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Jerome Listecki |
Map | |
Website | |
madisondiocese.org |
The Diocese of Madison (Latin: Diœcesis Madisonensis) is a Latin Church diocese in the southwestern part of Wisconsin in the United States. The diocese has approximately 167,000 Catholics in 102 parishes[3] with 98 priests in active ministry.[4]
The bishop of Madison is Donald J. Hying. The diocese currently has no cathedral. Its previous cathedral, Saint Raphael's, was destroyed by fire in 2005.