Diocese of Helena Statistics

• 51,922 square miles
• 57 parishes, 38 missions
• 17,241 registered households
• 44,413 Catholics registered in the parishes
• 1,130 children enrolled in diocesan schools
• 3,498 children and youth enrolled in religious education
• 85 priests:
• 68 diocesan priests
• 31 priests assigned in the diocese
• 30 priests on senior status (4 have assignments)
• 10 priests serving/living outside the dioceses (4 on senior status)
• 1 priest on health leave
• 5 Jesuit priests serving in the diocese
• 11 priests from other dioceses/ communities serving/living here
• 15 men preparing for priestly ordination
• 43 permanent deacons
• 30 religious sisters serving in the diocese
• 2 religious brothers serving in the diocese