Enciclopedia Cattolica

Madison, Diocese of

MADISON, DIOCESI DI

Volume VII · p. 1069 · 1951

English translation · Testo originale italiano

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

MADISON, DIOCESE of. — City and diocese in the State of Wisconsin (United States of America).

It comprises the counties of Columbia, Dane, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, Lafayette, Marquette, Roch, and Sauk, all in the State of Wisconsin, with a total area of 8,070 square miles. Of a population of 442,182 inhabitants, 88,626 are Catholics.

It has 131 parishes, served by 140 diocesan priests and 33 religious priests; 3 seminaries and religious scholasticates; 6 men’s and 69 women’s religious communities; 1 college, 7 diocesan and parish high schools, and 54 parish schools; in 1949 there were 672 conversions.

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The diocese was created by Pope Pius XII by the apostolic constitution Ad animarum bonum of 22 December 1945, through the dismemberment

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MADONNERI - Sts. Peter and Paul. Panel by Vittore ([di Bartolomeo?]; 16th cent.) - Vatican Picture Gallery.
(Alinari photograph) MADISON, STEFANO - Pope Liberio traces the plan of the basilica in the snow. Bas-relief — Rome, basilica of S. Maria Maggiore, Borghese Chapel.
from the dioceses of Milwaukee and La Crosse, making the church dedicated to St. Raphael Archangel its cathedral. The diocese is suffragan to Milwaukee.

BIBL.: AAS, 38 (1946), pp. 340-42; The official catholic directory 1950, Nuova York 1950, pp. 417-19. Enrico Josi
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“MADISON, DIOCESI DI.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), p. 1069. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/madison-diocesi-di.