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Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena

Coordinates: 46°35′45″N 112°01′37.3″W / 46.59583°N 112.027028°W / 46.59583; -112.027028
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Diocese of Helena

Dioecesis Helenensis
Location
Country United States
TerritoryLewis and Clark, Teton, Flathead, Lincoln, Missoula, Sanders, Powell, Granite, Ravalli, Deer Lodge, Silver Bow, Jefferson, Broadwater, Gallatin, Madison, Lake, and Beaverhead Counties plus parts of Meagher, Musselshell, and Toole Counties in Montana
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Portland
Statistics
Area51,922 sq mi (134,480 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2013)
565,000
55,800[1] (9.9%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedMarch 7, 1884
CathedralCathedral of Saint Helena
Patron saintSt. Helena
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopGeorge Leo Thomas
Bishop of Helena
Metropolitan ArchbishopAlexander King Sample
Map
Website
diocesehelena.org

The Diocese of Helena (Template:Lang-la) is the Catholic diocese for western Montana with its cathedral located in Helena, the state capital. The diocese was erected from the year-old Vicarate of Montana on March 7, 1884, while Montana was still a territory. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Portland, which encompasses Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.

History

Before becoming a diocese, this was the Vicariate of Montana (covering the whole territory and then state of Montana).[2] For its first twenty years, the diocese served all of Montana. In 1904 the new Diocese of Great Falls-Billings was formed to serve eastern Montana.[3]

The seat of the diocese is in the Cathedral of St. Helena in the state capital of Helena. It was completed in 1914.

Ordinaries

The bishops of the Diocese of Helena and their years of service:

  1. Jean-Baptiste Brondel - (1884–1903; Vicar Apostolic, 1883-84)
  2. John Patrick Carroll - (1904–25)
  3. George Joseph Finnigan - (1927–32)
  4. Ralph Leo Hayes - (1933–35)
  5. Joseph Michael Gilmore - (1935–62)
  6. Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen - (1962–75)
  7. Elden Francis Curtiss - (1976–93)
  8. Alexander Joseph Brunett - (1994–97)
  9. Robert C. Morlino - (1999–2003)
  10. George Leo Thomas - (2004–present)

High schools

Cathedral of Saint Helena, Helena
Coat of arms of Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena
Notes
Arms was designed and adopted when the diocese was erected
Adopted
1884
Escutcheon
The diocesan arms consists of a field of alternating silver (white) and green chevrons. On this field are the conjoined cross and a crown.
Symbolism
The field of alternating silver (white) and green chevrons to portray the mountain peaks in the diocese. On this field are the conjoined cross and crown of Saint Helen, Empress and mother of Constantine, the Great. This traditional representation of Saint Helen is used to signify that she is the titular patroness of the See’s Cathedral-Church.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy
  2. ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Helena" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  3. ^ [1]

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