Diocese of Great Falls-Billings
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon |
| Diocesan bishop | Michael William Warfel |
| founding | 1904 |
| surface | 241,276 km² |
| Parishes | 51 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 422,964 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 38,927 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 9.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 64 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 499 |
| Permanent deacons | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 32 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Ann's Cathedral in Great Falls |
| Co-cathedral | St. Patrick's Co-Cathedral in Billings |
| Website | diocesegfb.org |
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The Diocese of Great Falls-Billings ( Latin Dioecesis Magnocataractensis-Billingensis , English Diocese of Great Falls-Billings ) is in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese based in Great Falls , Montana .
history
The Diocese of Great Falls-Billings was established on May 18, 1904 by Pope Pius X. from cession of territory of the Diocese of Helena as the Diocese of Great Falls . On February 14, 1980, the Diocese of Great Falls was renamed the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings .
The Diocese of Great Falls-Billings is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon as a suffragan .
territory
The diocese of Great Falls-Billings includes the states of Montana- located Big Horn County , Blaine County , Carbon County , Cascade County , Chouteau County , Custer County , Dawson County , Fallon County , Fergus County , Hill County , Judith Basin County , Musselshell County , Park County , Rosebud County , Sheridan County , Stillwater County , Sweet Grass County , Valley County , Wibaux County, and Yellowstone County .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Great Falls
- 1904–1930 Mathias Clement Lenihan
- 1930–1939 Edwin Vincent O'Hara , then Bishop of Kansas City
- 1939-1967 William Joseph Condon
- 1967–1977 Eldon Bernard Schuster
- 1978–1980 Thomas Joseph Murphy
Bishops of Great Falls-Billings
- 1980–1987 Thomas Joseph Murphy, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Seattle
- 1987-2006 Anthony Michael Milone
- 2007– Michael William Warfel
