About San Jose · Hereford, Texas
San Jose Catholic Church is a bilingual (English-Spanish) Roman Catholic parish serving the community of Hereford, Texas, in the Texas Panhandle. It is part of the Diocese of Amarillo and sits at 735 Brevard Street in Hereford. The parish was established in 1949 to serve the growing Catholic population of this Deaf Smith County community, and it also ministers to a satellite mission church, La Mision de San Jose (the Mission Church of St. Anthony) at 213 Domingo Street. San Jose is known for its predominantly Spanish-language Mass schedule and its pastoral care of Hispanic Catholic families throughout the region.
- Established
- 1949
- Patron
- Saint Joseph (San Jose)
- Diocese
- Diocese of Amarillo
Why belong here
San Jose Catholic Church welcomes both English- and Spanish-speaking Catholics in the Hereford area, with most of its weekday and Saturday Masses celebrated in Spanish and one Sunday Mass in English. The parish also operates La Mision de San Jose (St. Anthony Mission) on Domingo Street as a second worship site, expanding its reach within the community. Weekly Confession, Thursday Eucharistic Adoration, and an active devotional life make it a faithful home for Panhandle families looking for bilingual Catholic worship and sacramental life.
Mass times at San Jose
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Tuesday 5:00 PM – 5:55 PM
- Thursday 5:00 PM – 5:55 PM
- Friday 5:20 PM – 5:55 PM
Adoration times
- Thursday 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Mass to follow)
About San Jose Catholic Church
San Jose Catholic Church is a bilingual Roman Catholic parish in Hereford, Texas, in the Texas Panhandle. It belongs to the Diocese of Amarillo and draws its name from Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose feast is celebrated on March 19. The parish maintains an active bilingual liturgical life, with regular daily and weekly Masses in both Spanish and English, and operates a satellite mission church within the Hereford community. Parishioners and visitors are invited to celebrate Mass with the community, with the full weekly schedule posted on the parish website.
- Located at 735 Brevard Street, Hereford, TX 79045
- Diocese of Amarillo parish
- Patron: Saint Joseph (San Jose)
- Founded in 1949
- Phone: (806) 364-5053
La Mision de San Jose (St. Anthony Mission)
In addition to the main parish church on Brevard Street, San Jose Catholic Church serves the Mission Church of St. Anthony, locally known as La Mision de San Jose. The mission is located at 213 Domingo Street in Hereford, TX 79045, and hosts the 1:15 PM Sunday Mass in Spanish. Parishes throughout the Diocese of Amarillo often run smaller mission churches to extend pastoral care to surrounding neighborhoods, and La Mision is the parish's secondary worship site for the Hereford community.
- Mission location: 213 Domingo Street, Hereford, TX 79045
- Sunday 1:15 PM Spanish Mass celebrated here
- Also known as St. Anthony Mission
Parish Identity and Community
San Jose Catholic Church is one of the older parishes in the Texas Panhandle, listed as established in 1949 in the Catholic directory reference GCatholic and granted federal tax-exempt status as 'San Jose Church' in March 1946. The parish serves the city of Hereford — the seat of Deaf Smith County and a leading center of cattle feeding in the Texas Panhandle — where a significant portion of the population is Hispanic and Catholic. The parish's bilingual identity, with predominantly Spanish-language Masses and a satellite mission church, reflects and supports the spiritual life of those families.
- Established in 1949 in the Diocese of Amarillo
- Tax-exempt status granted March 1946
- Formal organizational name: San Jose Church
- Located in Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas