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St. Raphael's in 2006, with a new spire. Saint Raphael's Cathedral is the cathedral and a parish for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison and was located in downtown Madison, Wisconsin at 222 West Main Street. In March 2005, the Cathedral building located at 204 West Main Street was heavily damaged in a fire and was demolished.
The diocese's former cathedral, St. Raphael's Church in Downtown Madison, was destroyed in an arson fire in 2005. The Diocese of Madison has been without a cathedral for nearly 20 years. Not anymore.
St. Raphael's Cathedral just after the 2005 fire. In March 2005, St. Raphael's Cathedral was heavily damaged in an arson attack. William J. Connell was arrested and charged with arson and other crimes, but was deemed incompetent to stand trial due to paranoid schizophrenia. [35] After later being deemed competent, he was tried and convicted.
In 1978, the parish's pastor, Msgr. George Wirz, was ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Madison. The parish offices were moved from the rectory to the school building in 1993. On March 14, 2005, St. Raphael's Cathedral was destroyed by an arsonist. For the next 18 years the diocese would be without a cathedral. [3]
By the 2000s, the priest shortage was making it difficult for the Diocese of Madison to keep its churches staffed. [5] After the old Saint Raphael's Cathedral was destroyed by arson in 2005, St. Patrick's, Holy Redeemer, and St. Raphael's were merged to form the new Cathedral Parish of St. Raphael. The merger of the three downtown parishes was ...
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