Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison

Diocese of Madison

Diœcesis Madisonensis
St. Bernard Catholic Church
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Location
Country United States
TerritoryCounties of Columbia, Dane, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, Lafayette, Marquette, Rock and Sauk, Wisconsin
Ecclesiastical provinceMilwaukee
Statistics
Area8,070 sq mi (20,900 km2)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2020)
  • 1,068,466
  • 166,923 (16%)
Parishes102
Schools46
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedJanuary 9, 1946 (79 years ago)
CathedralSaint Raphael's Cathedral (1946–2005)
St. Bernard Catholic Church (2025–)
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopDonald J. Hying
Metropolitan ArchbishopJeffrey S. Grob
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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 with 98 priests in active ministry.

As of 2025, the bishop of Madison is Donald J. Hying. St. Bernard Catholic Church is expected to be consecrated as the cathedral in 2025; the previous cathedral, Cathedral of St. Raphael, was destroyed by fire in 2005.