About Holy Family · Fillmore, Utah
Holy Family Catholic Mission is a small Roman Catholic mission serving Fillmore, Utah, in the rural Millard County area of central Utah. It is part of the Diocese of Salt Lake City and is cared for as one of four parishes/missions pastored by Reverend Marco T. Lopez (alongside Saint Bridget Church in Milford, Saint John Bosco Mission in Delta, and Our Lady of the Light Mission in Beaver). The mission offers a bilingual Sunday Mass and a Thursday evening holy hour with confessions and Mass, providing a steady Catholic presence in a predominantly Latter-day Saint region of Utah.
- Established
- 1974
- Patron
- Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
- Rector
- Reverend Marco T. Lopez
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salt Lake City
Why belong here
Holy Family Mission offers Catholics in Fillmore and the surrounding Millard County towns a faithful, bilingual place to worship close to home, with both a Sunday Mass and a Thursday evening holy hour that includes the opportunity for confession. As part of the Diocese of Salt Lake City and a small mission shared with neighboring parishes, it brings the sacramental life of the Church — Eucharist, reconciliation, and prayer — into a rural part of Utah where Catholic resources are otherwise scarce.
Mass times at Holy Family
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Thursday at 6:00 pm (during holy hour, before Mass)
Adoration times
- Thursday 6:00 pm (holy hour)
Parish Identity and History
Holy Family Catholic Mission is a Roman Catholic mission church in Fillmore, Utah, within the Diocese of Salt Lake City. According to the diocesan historical timeline, the mission began in 1974 when local Catholics started gathering for Mass in parishioners' homes, a typical grassroots beginning for many of Utah's smaller Catholic communities in that era. The community grew enough that the mission was formally dedicated on August 1, 1986, under Bishop William K. Weigand. Nearly twenty years later, on December 19, 2004, Bishop George Niederauer blessed a new mission building and an attached Multi-Purpose Center, with Michael Lee serving as administrator at the time. The mission takes its name from the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, the devotional patron celebrated in the Christmas octave.
- 1974: Mission begins with Mass in parishioners' homes
- August 1, 1986: Holy Family Mission in Fillmore dedicated
- December 19, 2004: Bishop Niederauer blesses new mission building and Multi-Purpose Center; Michael Lee, Administrator
- Patron: Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
Leadership and Clergy
The mission is currently served by Reverend Marco T. Lopez, who pastors a cluster of four small Catholic communities across west-central Utah. Father Lopez is pastor of Saint Bridget Catholic Church in Milford, Saint John Bosco Catholic Mission in Delta, Our Lady of the Light Catholic Mission in Beaver, and Holy Family Catholic Mission in Fillmore. The diocesan priests-with-faculties list also records him in connection with the Fillmore mission. This shared-pastor model is a deliberate rural strategy of the Diocese of Salt Lake City to keep sacramental life available in communities that could not each sustain a full-time priest.
- Reverend Marco T. Lopez — current pastor
- Cluster of missions also including Saint Bridget (Milford), Saint John Bosco (Delta), and Our Lady of the Light (Beaver)
Worship and Language Life
The Sunday Mass is celebrated bilingually, reflecting the presence of both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking Catholic families in and around Fillmore. The Thursday holy hour and Mass continue this pattern of simple, accessible worship adapted to a small mission setting.
- Languages: English and Spanish
- Sunday Mass is the principal bilingual gathering of the week
- Thursday evening combines adoration, confession, and Mass in a single block
Diocese and Regional Context
Holy Family Mission belongs to the Diocese of Salt Lake City, which covers the state of Utah and was established as the Vicariate Apostolic of Utah in 1886 and raised to a diocese on January 27, 1891, under its first bishop, the pioneer priest Lawrence Scanlan. Holy Family is one of a constellation of small missions in rural Utah — together with places like San Andres (Payson), San Isidro (Elberta), San Felipe, Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha (Fort Duchesne), and others — that the diocese has established over more than a century to bring the sacraments to sparsely populated parts of the state. Fillmore itself sits in Millard County and holds a distinctive place in Utah history as the site of the first territorial capital (1851–1856).
- Diocese: Salt Lake City, established 1886 (vicariate), 1891 (diocese)
- Region: Millard County, central Utah
- Part of the broader diocesan effort to sustain Catholic life in rural Utah through missions and clustered pastorates
Visiting and Contact
Visitors and parishioners can reach Holy Family Mission at its parish address in Fillmore, with both a phone line and a text-capable number. The mission shares its priest with three other small communities, so the parish office is open on a limited basis and the most reliable way to reach someone for matters outside the published schedule is by phone.
- Address: 442 South 200 East, Fillmore, UT 84631
- Phone: (435) 864-3710
- Call & text: (925) 470-6612
- Office hours: Thursday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Diocesan listing: dioslc.org/parishes/holy-family-catholic-mission
Pastors & rectors through the years
- Mr. Michael Leecirca 2004
Administrator at the December 19, 2004 blessing of the new Holy Family Mission building and Multi-Purpose Center by Bishop Niederauer.
- Reverend Marco T. Lopezcurrent
Currently pastor of Saint Bridget Church (Milford), Saint John Bosco Mission (Delta), Our Lady of the Light Mission (Beaver), and Holy Family Mission (Fillmore).