Diocese of Madison

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Diocese of Madison
Map of the Bishopric of Madison
Basic data
Country United States
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Milwaukee
Diocesan bishop Donald Hying
founding 1946
surface 20,893 km²
Parishes 104 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 1,037,522 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 284,625 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 27.4%
Diocesan priest 130 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 12 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 2,004
Permanent deacons 17 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars 20 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 312 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language English
cathedral St. Raphael
address PO Box 44983
702 South High Point Road
Madison
WI 53719
Website www.madisondiocese.org
Ecclesiastical province
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The former St Raphael Cathedral in Madison before the 2005 fire

The diocese of Madison ( lat . : Dioecesis Madisonensis ) located in the USA was founded on December 22, 1945 by Pope Pius XII. and is based in Madison . It was created by separating areas of the Dioceses of Milwaukee , Green Bay and La Crosse . As a suffragan diocese, it belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Milwaukee.

history

Pope Pius XII established the diocese on January 9, 1946 on the basis of an establishment decree dated December 22, 1945 . It spans 11 counties in southwest Wisconsin . On February 22, 1946, Pius XII appointed William Patrick O'Connor as first bishop of Madison.

In the 19th century, the Dominican Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli worked in Wisconsin, where he founded 25 parishes , 11 of which are in the Diocese of Madison. The priest, to whom Pope John Paul II granted the heroic degree of virtue as a preliminary stage to beatification in 1993 , is buried in Benton within the diocese.

With the establishment of the diocese, St. Raphael's Church in Madison, built between 1854 and 1885, was elevated to the status of a cathedral. On March 14, 2005, an arson fire destroyed large parts of the cathedral. The church tower remained largely undamaged, but the nave burned down completely and the roof collapsed. Instead of rebuilding, the diocese leadership decided in 2007 to build a new cathedral at the same location with a modified floor plan and including the preserved church tower. In 2008, after the loss of their church, the cathedral parish was merged with two neighboring parishes to form the new cathedral parish of St. Raphael. In the same year the demolition of the ruin began; the tower was also demolished. The plans for a new building, which, according to the initial plans, should offer space for around 1,000 believers, ultimately no longer materialized. A publicly accessible Way of the Cross has been on the property since 2013 . There are currently no plans for future use.

Bishops of Madison

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Collection of articles on the Madison Fire (with photo) from the online edition of The Catholic Herold , accessed October 27, 2017.
  2. ^ Bishop Robert Morlino Video of Talk at The Napa Institute. ( Memento of October 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) In: Catholic Business Journal , announcement of a talk on July 27, 2012 by Bishop Morino at the Napa Institute, accessed on October 27, 2017.
  3. ^ Judge: St. Raphael's Cathedral in Madison must pay tax on Downtown property. In: Madison State Journal , October 5, 2016, accessed October 27, 2017.