About Good Shepherd · Boise City, Oklahoma
Church of the Good Shepherd is a small Catholic mission parish in Boise City, Oklahoma, the county seat of Cimarron County in the far western Oklahoma panhandle. It is served as a mission of St. Peter the Apostle Church in Guymon and falls within the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. The parish offers a weekly Sunday Mass (bilingual English/Spanish) for local Catholic faithful in this sparsely populated corner of the state, and is identified by its location at the corner of South Ellis Avenue and 2nd Street.
- Patron
- Good Shepherd (Jesus Christ as the Good Shepherd, from John 10)
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Oklahoma City (Metropolitan Archdiocese of Oklahoma City)
Why belong here
Good Shepherd is a small mission parish that brings the sacraments and Sunday worship to the Catholics of Boise City and surrounding Cimarron County, a remote area of the Oklahoma panhandle. As part of the Guymon-area pastoral cluster, the mission offers a regular bilingual Sunday Mass for English- and Spanish-speaking families in the community, supported by clergy assigned to serve the wider panhandle region. For Catholics living in or traveling through the far western panhandle, the parish is a vital local presence of the Church and a welcoming place to worship.
Mass times at Good Shepherd
Weekly Mass schedule
Overview & Identity
Church of the Good Shepherd (also written 'Good Shepherd Catholic Church' or 'Good Shepherd Parish') is a small Roman Catholic mission church in Boise City, Oklahoma. It belongs to the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and is listed in Catholic directories under that jurisdiction. As a mission of St. Peter the Apostle Church in Guymon, it does not have its own resident pastor; instead, it is cared for by priests assigned to the Guymon-area pastoral cluster that serves the Oklahoma panhandle.
- Type: Mission (church / chapel) of St. Peter the Apostle, Guymon
- Diocese: Archdiocese of Oklahoma City
- Patron: The Good Shepherd (Jesus Christ)
- Languages: English and Spanish (bilingual Mass)
Mass & Liturgical Schedule
Good Shepherd offers a single weekly Sunday Mass for the local Catholic community. That Mass is celebrated bilingually in English and Spanish, reflecting the makeup of the panhandle region. No weekday Masses, confession times, or adoration hours are published for this mission in the directories reviewed.
- Sunday 8:30 AM — Bilingual (English/Spanish) Mass
Clergy & Pastoral Care
Because Good Shepherd is a mission rather than a parish, it is served by clergy assigned to the Guymon-area cluster. In July 2022 the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City assigned Rev. Udayakumar Kandula as Parochial Vicar of St. Peter the Apostle Church in Guymon and its associated missions, which include St. Frances Cabrini in Beaver, Church of the Good Shepherd in Boise City, and Sacred Heart in Hooker.
- Rev. Udayakumar Kandula — Parochial Vicar, Guymon-area cluster (incl. Good Shepherd, Boise City); assignment effective July 19, 2022 (Archdiocese of Oklahoma City announcement, Aug. 4, 2022)
Location & Contact
The church sits at the corner of South Ellis Avenue and 2nd Street, with a mailing address of 200 South Ellis Street, Boise City, OK 73933. The phone number listed in the Catholic directories (580-544-3443) is the contact line used for the Guymon-area pastoral cluster.
- Address: 200 S. Ellis Ave. (S. Ellis Ave. & 2nd St.), Boise City, OK 73933
- Phone: (580) 544-3443
- Website: http://www.panhandlecatholic.org/good-shepherd-boise-city
Panhandle Catholic Community
Good Shepherd is part of a small network of Catholic missions and parishes that together serve Catholics across the far western Oklahoma panhandle. Through St. Peter the Apostle in Guymon and its sister missions — St. Frances Cabrini in Beaver, Sacred Heart in Hooker, and Good Shepherd in Boise City — the faithful of Cimarron County are connected to a wider Catholic community across this rural and remote region.
- St. Peter the Apostle, Guymon (cluster center)
- St. Frances Cabrini, Beaver
- Sacred Heart, Hooker
- Church of the Good Shepherd, Boise City