Diocese of Madison, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Madison / Madisonen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Milwaukee

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1945.12.22: Established as Diocese of Madison / Madisonen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Diocese of Green Bay and Diocese of La Crosse and became suffragan of Milwaukee)

Contact Info

Address: Catholic Pastoral Center, 702 South High Point Rd., P.O. Box 44983, Madison, WI 53719, USA

Phone: +1 (608) 821-3000

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.04.25 – ...):

Bishop Donald Joseph Hying (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Madison (Roman Rite)

Bishop Donald Joseph Hying (61)
(2019.04.25 – ...)

Bishop of Madison (USA)

Caritas numquam excidit

Born:	1963.08.18 (West Allis, WI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1989.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.07.20

Priest of Milwaukee (USA) (1989.05.20 – 2011.05.26)

Titular Bishop of Regiæ (2011.05.26 – 2014.11.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee (USA) (2011.05.26 – 2014.11.24)

Bishop of Gary (USA) (2014.11.24 – 2019.04.25)

Bishop of Madison (USA) (2019.04.25 – ...)

Bishop Robert Charles Morlino
(2003.05.23 – 2018.11.24)

Visus non mentietur

Born:	1946.12.31 (Scranton, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1974.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.09.21
Died:	2018.11.24 (Madison, WI, USA † 71)

Priest of Society of Jesus (Jesuits) (1974.06.01 – 1983.10.26)

Priest of Kalamazoo (USA) (1983.10.26 – 1999.07.06)

Bishop of Helena (USA) (1999.07.06 – 2003.05.23)

Bishop of Madison (USA) (2003.05.23 – 2018.11.24)

Bishop William Henry Bullock
(1993.04.13 – 2003.05.23)

Grace, mercy, peace

Born:	1927.04.13 (Maple Lake, MN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1952.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.08.12
Died:	2011.04.03 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Natchez (1980.06.03 – 1987.02.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (1980.06.03 – 1987.02.10)

Bishop of Des Moines (USA) (1987.02.10 – 1993.04.13)

Bishop of Madison (USA) (1993.04.13 – 2003.05.23)

Bishop Cletus Francis O’Donnell
(1967.02.18 – 1992.04.18)

Born:	1917.08.22 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1941.05.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.12.21
Died:	1992.08.31 († 75)

Titular Bishop of Abrittum (1960.10.26 – 1967.02.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA) (1960.10.26 – 1967.02.18)

Bishop of Madison (USA) (1967.02.18 – 1992.04.18)

Bishop William Patrick O’Connor
(1946.02.22 – 1967.02.18)

Born:	1886.10.18 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1912.03.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1942.03.07
Died:	1973.07.13 († 86)

Bishop of Superior (USA) (1941.12.27 – 1946.02.18)

Bishop of Madison (USA) (1946.02.22 – 1967.02.18)

Titular Bishop of Siccesi (1967.02.18 – 1970.12.31)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop George Otto Wirz (1977.12.10 – 2004.02.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jerome Joseph Hastrich (1963.07.25 – 1969.08.25)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Bernard, Madison, Wisconsin
Former Cathedral (now ruined): Former Cathedral of St. Raphael, Madison, Wisconsin

Churches by City (137)

Dubuque (↙), La Crosse (↖), Green Bay (↗), Milwaukee (→), Rockford (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 20,893 km²

Population: 304,900 Catholics (27.2% of 1,122,750 total)

Pastoral Centres: 102 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 138 priests (129 diocesan, 9 religious), 29 deacons, 257 religious (15 brothers, 242 sisters), 19 seminarians