Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena

The Diocese of Helena (Latin: "Dioecesis Helenensis") is the Catholic diocese for western Montana. It was erected from the year-old Vicarate of Montana on March 7, 1884, while the Montana was still a territory. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Portland, which encompasses Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.

For its first twenty years, the diocese served all of Montana. In 1904 the new Diocese of Great Falls was formed to serve eastern Montana. [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dhele.html]

The past bishops of the Diocese of Helena are:

*Jean-Baptiste Brondel - (1884-1903)
*John Patrick Carroll - (1904-25)
*George Joseph Finnigan - (1927-32)
*Ralph Leo Hayes - (1933-35)
*Joseph Michael Gilmore - (1935-62)
*Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen - (1962-75)
*Elden Francis Curtiss - (1976-93)
*Alexander Joseph Brunett - (1994-97)
*Robert C. Morlino - (1999-2003)
*George Leo Thomas - (2004-present)

High schools

* Butte Central Catholic High School, Butte
* Loyola Sacred Heart High School, Missoula

External links

* [http://www.diocesehelena.org/ Diocese of Helena] - official site
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dhele.html Catholic Hierarchy.org] - Diocese of Helena