About Good Shepherd · French Camp, California
Mission of the Good Shepherd is a Catholic mission church in the small community of French Camp, California, located at 305 E French Camp Road in San Joaquin County. It operates as a mission of St. George Church in Stockton and belongs to the Diocese of Stockton (Deanery II). The parish serves a bilingual English-and-Spanish-speaking community and offers Saturday evening Mass in Spanish and Sunday morning Mass in English.
- Patron
- Good Shepherd (Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd)
- Diocese
- Diocese of Stockton
Why belong here
Mission of the Good Shepherd offers a welcoming, bilingual Catholic community in French Camp with weekend Mass celebrated in both Spanish (Saturday evening) and English (Sunday morning). As a mission of St. George parish in Stockton, it brings the liturgical and sacramental life of the Diocese of Stockton's Deanery II directly to the families of this small San Joaquin County community. It is a comfortable, neighborhood-sized parish where Spanish-speaking and English-speaking Catholics can worship together close to home.
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About Mission of the Good Shepherd
Mission of the Good Shepherd is a Catholic mission church serving French Camp, California, an unincorporated community in San Joaquin County just south of Stockton. The mission sits at 305 E French Camp Road and is affiliated with St. George Catholic Church in Stockton as a dependent mission within the Diocese of Stockton. The parish welcomes English- and Spanish-speaking worshippers and is grouped in the diocese's Deanery II, under the deanery leadership of Reverend Luis Navarro, pastor of St. Mary of the Assumption in Stockton.
Parish Identity & Patron
The mission is named after the Good Shepherd — a title for Jesus drawn from the Gospel of John, where Christ describes himself as the shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep. Like other 'Good Shepherd' Catholic communities, its devotional life centers on Christ as protector and guide of the faithful. Its liturgical patron feast is celebrated each year on the Fourth Sunday of Easter, commonly known as Good Shepherd Sunday.
- Patron: The Good Shepherd (Jesus Christ)
- Feast day: Good Shepherd Sunday, the Fourth Sunday of Easter
Diocese of Stockton & Deanery Affiliation
Mission of the Good Shepherd is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockton, which covers the Central Valley counties of Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and portions of Merced and Mono. The mission belongs to the diocese's Deanery II and is supervised as a mission of St. George parish in Stockton. Within Deanery II, its companion parishes include St. Mary of the Assumption (Stockton), St. Edward (Stockton), St. George (Stockton), St. Gertrude (Stockton), and St. Linus (Stockton). The deanery is led by Dean Reverend Luis Navarro.
- Diocese: Diocese of Stockton
- Deanery: Deanery II
- Dean: Reverend Luis Navarro
- Parent parish: St. George Catholic Church, Stockton
Pastoral Leadership & Staff
As a mission rather than a standalone parish, Mission of the Good Shepherd's sacramental and pastoral care is administered through St. George parish in Stockton. A pastoral administrator has historically provided day-to-day leadership for the mission community — most notably the late Deacon Donald Frank Rodgers, a longtime Stockton-area civil engineer, almond grower, and 4-H leader who was ordained a deacon in 1988 and appointed Pastoral Administrator of the Mission of the Good Shepherd. He received the Bishop's Award from the Diocese of Stockton in 2018 in recognition of his decades of service.
- Deanery II leadership: Reverend Luis Navarro
- Retired priest in residence: Reverend Alvaro Araque
- Pastoral Administrator: Deacon Donald Frank Rodgers (ordained 1988; honored with the Bishop's Award, 2018)
Contact & Location
The mission is located on East French Camp Road in the small community of French Camp, southeast of downtown Stockton. The physical address is 305 E French Camp Road, French Camp, California 95231, and published contact phone numbers for the mission are (209) 982-0579. The official parish website is published at missionofthegoodshepherd.com, and updated listings are also maintained on the Diocese of Stockton parish finder.
- Address: 305 E French Camp Rd, French Camp, CA 95231
- Phone: (209) 982-0579
- Parish website: missionofthegoodshepherd.com
- Diocese parish page: Diocese of Stockton parish finder
Pastors & rectors through the years
- Deacon Donald Frank RodgersOrdained deacon 1988; appointed Pastoral Administrator of The Mission of the Good Shepherd; honored with Bishop's Award 2018
Longtime pastoral administrator of the mission; longtime Manteca resident, civil engineer, and member of the Club Portuguese of Stockton.