Diocese of Helena
| Diocese of Helena | |
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon |
| Diocesan bishop | Austin cousin |
| founding | 1884 |
| surface | 134,426 km² |
| Parishes | 58 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 595.114 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 44,413 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 7.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 66 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 634 |
| Permanent deacons | 43 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Helena Cathedral |
| Website | diocesehelena.org |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena ( Latin Dioecesis Helenensis , English Diocese of Helena ) is in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Helena . It includes nine counties of Lewis and Clark, Teton, Flathead, Lincoln, Missoula, Sanders, Powell, Granite, Ravalli, Deer Lodge, Silver Bow, Jefferson, Broadwater, Gallatin, Madison, Lake and Beaverhead plus part of Meagher, Musselshell and Counties Toole of the State of Montana .
history
Pope Leo XIII. founded the Vicariate Apostolic Montana on March 5, 1883 from assignments of the Vicariate Apostolic Idaho and Nebraska . On March 11, 1883, it also received part of the territory of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis .
On March 7, 1884, it was made a diocese and took its current name. It lost part of its territory on May 18, 1904 to the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings .
As in many Roman Catholic dioceses, there were numerous cases of abuse in the Diocese of Helena up until the 1980s. The millions in compensation to be paid for the 362 recognized victims led to the diocese getting into financial difficulties and having to file for bankruptcy in 2014.
Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic of Montana
- Jean-Baptiste Brondel (April 17, 1883 - March 7, 1884)
Bishops of Helena
- Jean-Baptiste Brondel (March 7, 1884 - November 3, 1903)
- John Patrick Carroll (September 12, 1904 - November 4, 1925)
- George Joseph Finnigan CSC (May 27, 1927 - August 14, 1932)
- Ralph Leo Hayes (June 23, 1933 - October 26, 1935, then Rector of the Pontifical North America College )
- Joseph Michael Gilmore (December 9, 1935 - April 2, 1962)
- Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen (July 8, 1962 - February 25, 1975, then Archbishop of Seattle )
- Elden Francis Curtiss (March 4, 1976 - May 4, 1993, then Archbishop of Omaha )
- Alexander Joseph Brunett (April 19, 1994 - October 28, 1997, then Archbishop of Seattle)
- Robert Charles Morlino (July 6, 1999 - May 23, 2003, then Bishop of Madison )
- George Leo Thomas (March 23, 2004 - February 28, 2018, then Bishop of Las Vegas )
- Austin Vetter (since October 8, 2019)
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Diocese of Helena on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the diocese of Helena on Giga-Catholic (English)
- US diocese broke over payments to abuse victims
proof
- ^ "Die Welt" from February 1, 2014 , accessed on March 5, 2018