Diocese of Helena Dioecesis Helenensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Lewis 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 province | Portland |
Statistics | |
Area | 51,922 sq mi (134,480 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 595,114 44,413[1] (7.5%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | March 7, 1884 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Helena |
Patron saint | St. Helena |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Austin Anthony Vetter |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Alexander K. Sample |
Map | |
Website | |
diocesehelena.org |
The Diocese of Helena (Latin: Dioecesis Helenensis) is the Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in western Montana in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon.
The mother church of the Diocese of Helena is the Cathedral of Saint Helena in Helena. The diocese was erected on March 7, 1884.