Diocese of Madison Archives

It’s ‘our moment’ to proclaim the good news, says Madison’s new bishop

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jun 30, 2019

The new bishop of Madison told the congregation at his installation Mass June 25 that the Catholic Church “is forever young” and this is “our moment” to proclaim the good news of Christ.

Pope names Bishop Hying of Gary as new bishop for Diocese of Madison

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Apr 26, 2019

Pope Francis has named Bishop Donald J. Hying of Gary, Indiana, as the new bishop of Madison, Wisconsin.

During Arctic blast, Catholic service agencies extend services, hours

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Feb 1, 2019

The deep freeze that plunged much of the Upper Midwest into historic and dangerously low temperatures was a matter of life and death for many of the area’s homeless at risk of frostbite or hypothermia.

Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison dies three days after ‘cardiac event’

Church in the US
Nov 25, 2018

Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison, Wisconsin, died Saturday evening at the age of 71, after suffering what the diocese called “a cardiac event” the day before Thanksgiving.

Priest arrested in Wisconsin after being accused of abusing altar boy ‘at least 100 times’

Church in the US
May 19, 2018

A retired priest from the Diocese of Madison in Wisconsin, was charged with six counts of second-degree sexual assault of a child after an altar boy who served with him told police he was abused by the cleric at least 100 times between 2006 and 2010.

Bishop Morlino: don’t let funeral controversy overshadow Christ’s love

Catholic News Agency, Church in the US
Nov 3, 2017

Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison has reacted to criticisms of diocesan guidelines given to priests about conducting funerals for people in same-sex relationships. The Church loves everyone and invites them to encounter Jesus Christ, he said, adding, “so long as we live and breathe we are being called by the Risen Lord to know Him, to follow Him, and to be changed by Him.”