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Diocese of Madison

Dioecesis Madisonensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Donald Joseph Hying, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 22 December 1945
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Milwaukee
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Wisconsin
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 20,893 (8,069 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: VII (IL, IN, WI)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: MAD
  • Official Web Site: https://madisondiocese.org
  • Mailing Address: Chancery Office, 702 S. High Point Road, Suite 225, Madison, WI 53719, USA
  • Telephone: (608)821-3011
  • Fax: 440-2808

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
22 December 1945ErectedDiocese of Green Bay (Portage)
Diocese of La Crosse (Jowa, Grant, Lafayette, and Sauk)
Archdiocese of Milwaukee (Dane, Jefferson, Green Rock, Columbia, Marquette, and Green Lake)
Diocese of Madison (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195090,517474,63019.1%1403317352333764131ap1951
1966172,864687,15825.2%216562726351011,215137ap1967
1970192,754771,01625.0%1995024977469914139ap1971
1976205,298821,19225.0%1904623686959743138ap1977
1980215,255861,02025.0%1984724587873727138ap1981
1990240,965963,86025.0%186292151,12043472137ap1991
1999260,817885,56229.5%151191701,53418396137ap2000
2000262,298894,30729.3%145151601,639423331137ap2001
2001264,536903,21229.3%151131641,613520321137ap2002
2002266,396917,64529.0%146131591,675421330137ap2003
2003268,123983,30827.3%150141641,634217315135ap2004
2004269,556947,69928.4%151131641,643219298130ap2005
2013282,4441,017,79227.8%131191501,8821729339117ap2014
2016284,6251,037,52227.4%130121422,0041720312104ap2017
2019288,0001,060,20827.2%133111442,0002215364102ap2020
2021291,6801,073,72327.2%135111461,9972517233102ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 38, Page 340, to Page 342

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