About Christ the King · Brownsville, Texas
Christ the King is a Roman Catholic parish in the Diocese of Brownsville, serving the south-side Southmost Road neighborhood of Brownsville, Texas. Founded in 1953, it provides a bilingual ministry in English and Spanish, with a primary mission church (San Juan Diego de Guadalupe Mission) under its pastoral care. The parish is currently led by Rev. Ricardo Chavez-Flores (effective March 1, 2020) and offers daily and Sunday Masses, Eucharistic Adoration, confession, and a vibrant Hispanic/Latino devotional life rooted in the Rio Grande Valley.
- Established
- 1953
- Patron
- Christ the King (Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe)
- Rector
- Rev. Ricardo Chavez-Flores
- Diocese
- Diocese of Brownsville
Why belong here
Christ the King is a bilingual, mission-minded parish where Spanish-language Masses dominate the Sunday schedule — three of the four Sunday liturgies are celebrated in Spanish — making it a natural fit for the Southmost-area Mexican-American Catholic community of Brownsville. It offers daily Mass (Wednesday through Friday), monthly all-night-style Eucharistic Adoration with praise and worship (last Thursday of the month), weekday confession, and Sunday Masses for both English- and Spanish-speaking families. As one of the older parishes on Brownsville's south side (founded 1953), Christ the King also runs a dependent mission (San Juan Diego de Guadalupe Mission), giving parishioners a direct role in evangelization across the wider neighborhood.
Mass times at Christ the King
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Thursday 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (per Discover Mass listing published from the parish schedule)
Adoration times
- Thursday 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
- Last Thursday of the month 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM (Adoration with praise & worship, per Diocese of Brownsville parish finder)
About Christ the King Parish
Christ the King is a Roman Catholic parish of the Diocese of Brownsville, located at 2255 Southmost Road in Brownsville, Texas. Founded in 1953, the parish serves the Southmost neighborhood and surrounding south-side communities with a strongly bilingual (English-Spanish) ministry. It is currently led by Rev. Ricardo Chavez-Flores (pastor effective March 1, 2020) and operates a dependent mission church, San Juan Diego de Guadalupe Mission, also in Brownsville.
- Diocese of Brownsville
- Founded 1953
- Languages: English & Spanish
- Mission: San Juan Diego de Guadalupe Mission, Brownsville
History
The parish was canonically established in 1953, according to the Diocese of Brownsville's official timeline. It is among the second wave of parishes founded in the Rio Grande Valley in the post-World War II decades, when Brownsville grew rapidly and the diocese expanded to serve the expanding Mexican-American Catholic population of Cameron County. The parish has continued to grow and currently supports a satellite mission, San Juan Diego de Guadalupe Mission.
- 1953 — Parish established in Brownsville (Diocese of Brownsville timeline)
- Located in the Southmost Road neighborhood, historically tied to the Mexican-American working-class community across from Matamoros
Clergy & Staff
Christ the King is presently served by a single priest-pastor, Rev. Ricardo Chavez-Flores, who began as pastor effective March 1, 2020 according to the Diocese of Brownsville parish finder. The parish email is [email protected] and the parish office phone is (956) 546-1982.
- Pastor: Rev. Ricardo Chavez-Flores (eff. 03/01/2020)
- Office phone: (956) 546-1982
- Email: [email protected]
Missions & Outreach
Christ the King is the mother parish of San Juan Diego de Guadalupe Mission in Brownsville, listed under GCatholic as a mission church of Christ the King. This makes Christ the King a hub for evangelization and sacramental outreach on Brownsville's south side beyond the parish's own boundaries.
- San Juan Diego de Guadalupe Mission, Brownsville (dependent mission)
- Charismatic prayer / praise & worship ministry (monthly, last Thursday evening)
Visit & Contact
Parishioners and visitors can reach Christ the King through the parish office at 2255 Southmost Rd., Brownsville, TX 78521. The parish is officially listed on the Diocese of Brownsville parish finder and maintains a public Facebook page under 'CTKCCbrownsville'.
- Address: 2255 Southmost Rd., Brownsville, TX 78521
- Phone: (956) 546-1982
- Fax: (956) 546-7120
- Email: [email protected]
- Diocese page: https://www.cdob.org/parishes/christ-the-king-brownsville
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CTKCCbrownsville/
Pastors & rectors through the years
- Rev. Ricardo Chavez-Flores2020–present
Current pastor per Diocese of Brownsville parish finder (effective March 1, 2020).