About Saint Joseph · Kermit, Texas
Saint Joseph is a mission church in Kermit, Texas, part of the Diocese of El Paso, that shares a campus and a pastor with the neighboring St. Thomas Church. Built in 1960 by Spanish-speaking Catholic families, Saint Joseph serves as the primary site for weekend Masses — including a Sunday Mass celebrated entirely in Spanish — while daily Masses are held at the adjacent St. Thomas Chapel. Together the two churches form the Parish of St. Thomas–St. Joseph, a small but bilingual Catholic community in Winkler County, West Texas.
- Established
- 1960
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Rector
- Rev. Victorino Loresca (Parish Administrator of St. Joseph / Pastor of the Parish of St. Thomas–St. Joseph)
- Diocese
- Diocese of El Paso
Why belong here
Saint Joseph is a small, bilingual Catholic community where Spanish-speaking and English-speaking families of Winkler County worship side by side. It offers the full weekend Mass schedule for the parish — Saturday evening and two Sunday Masses, one in Spanish and one in English — together with weekday Masses at the neighboring St. Thomas Chapel, Reconciliation before Mass or by appointment, and a giving portal and text-to-give option supported by the Diocese of El Paso. Visitors and parishioners are welcomed into a tight-knit West Texas parish with deep roots going back to the 1930s.
Mass times at Saint Joseph
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Saturday 4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. (before the Saturday evening Mass at St. Joseph)
- By appointment (call the parish office)
About Saint Joseph Church, Kermit
Saint Joseph is a mission church within the Parish of St. Thomas–St. Joseph in the Diocese of El Paso. The two churches stand next door to each other on Bellaire Road in Kermit, Texas, and are served by a single pastor. Saint Joseph, built in 1960 by Spanish-speaking Catholic families, is the parish's main church and the site of all weekend Masses.
- Type: Mission Church (Diocese of El Paso)
- Sharing a campus with St. Thomas Church and St. Thomas Chapel
- Bilingual (English and Spanish) worship
History of the Parish
The Catholic roots of the Kermit parish reach back to the early 1930s in Wink, where Sacred Heart Church served local families. When Sacred Heart was closed in 1950, Catholic worship moved to Kermit with the building of St. Thomas Church on Bellaire Road. A decade later, the Hispanic Catholic community — already gathering at a St. Joseph Chapel — constructed a new church dedicated to Saint Joseph in 1960 for Spanish-speaking Catholics. The two churches have served as one parish ever since.
- Early 1930s: Catholic community worships at Sacred Heart Church in Wink
- 1950: Sacred Heart closes; St. Thomas Church built in Kermit
- 1960: Saint Joseph Church built for Spanish-speaking Catholics
- Today: Saint Joseph and St. Thomas form a single bilingual parish
Parish Clergy and Staff
The Parish of St. Thomas–St. Joseph is served by one priest and at least one permanent deacon. Rev. Victorino Loresca was named Parish Administrator of the combined parishes in June 2024 and, effective July 7, 2025, was installed as Pastor of St. Thomas Catholic Church, Kermit, while continuing to administer Saint Joseph Mission.
- Rev. Victorino Loresca — Parish Administrator of St. Joseph / Pastor of St. Thomas (effective July 7, 2025)
- Deacon Ramon Garcia — assigned to the Kermit parish
- Parish office: (432) 586-3922
Parish Giving and Support
The parish shares a single giving portal and text-to-give line with St. Thomas, and is also supported by an endowed fund through the Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of El Paso.
- Online giving: https://giving.parishsoft.com/app/giving/ststhomasjosephkermit
- Text to Give: (432) 287-7838
- Endowment: St. Thomas/St. Joseph Parish – Kermit, held by the Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of El Paso
Visiting Saint Joseph
Saint Joseph is located on Bellaire Road in Kermit, the seat of Winkler County in the Permian Basin of West Texas. The church shares its address with the neighboring St. Thomas Church and St. Thomas Chapel, and visitors are encouraged to call ahead for accessibility, sacramental, or schedule questions.
- Address: 838 Bellaire Road, Kermit, TX 79745
- Phone: (432) 586-3922
- Diocese: Diocese of El Paso
- Vicariate: Vicariate of St. Luke (West Texas)
Pastors & rectors through the years
- Rev. Victorino Loresca2024–present
Appointed Parish Administrator of St. Joseph/St. Thomas, Kermit in June 2024; named Pastor of St. Thomas effective July 7, 2025, while continuing to administer the St. Joseph mission.