Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena The Diocese of Helena () is the Catholic diocese for western Montana with its cathedral located in Helena, the state capital. The diocese was erected from the year-old Vicarate of Montana on March 7, 1884, while Montana was still a territory. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Portland, which encompasses Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Before becoming a diocese, this was the Vicariate of Montana (covering the whole territory and then state of Montana). For its first twenty years, the diocese served all of Montana. In 1904 the new Diocese of Great Falls-Billings
Helena Mesa Helena Mesa Helena Mesa (born 1972) is an American poet. Mesa is the author of the poetry collection "Horse Dance Underwater" (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2009) and co-editor of an anthology of essays, with Blas Falconer and Beth Martinelli, titled "Mentor and Muse: Essays from Poets to Poets" (Southern Illinois University Press, 2010). In 2010 she was a Residency Recipient from Writers in the Heartland. Mesa’s poems have been in journals such as "Barrow Street", "Bat City Review", "Indiana Review", "Poet Lore" and "Third Coast". Helena Mesa was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Cuban parents. She is