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
St. Helena Island Light St. Helena Island Light The buildings of the St Helena Light complex are the sole surviving structures on St. Helena Island, in Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The lighthouse on the St. Helena Island's southeastern point was built in 1872-1873 and went into operation in September 1873. It became one of a series of lighthouses that guided vessels through the Straits of Mackinac, past a dangerous shoal that extends from the island. St. Helena Island, which is in size, is located offshore from Gros Cap, Michigan, west of Mackinac Island in the Lake Michigan approach to the