About San Juan Diego · Basin City, Washington
San Juan Diego is a Roman Catholic mission parish in Basin City, Washington, a small agricultural community in the lower Yakima Valley within the Diocese of Spokane. It is classified as a 'mission' rather than a full parish, meaning it is served by a nearby parish — St. Vincent de Paul in Connell — sharing its pastor and mailing address. The mission serves a largely Spanish-speaking agricultural community, and Mass is celebrated in Spanish. It takes its name from St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, the indigenous Mexican visionary of Our Lady of Guadalupe, canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2002. The mission is located at 440 Bailie Boulevard and offers weekend and weekday Masses along with regular Friday confessions.
- Patron
- St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (the indigenous Mexican visionary of Our Lady of Guadalupe)
- Rector
- Rev. Jose Luis Hernandez (shared pastor with St. Vincent de Paul, Connell)
- Diocese
- Diocese of Spokane
Why belong here
San Juan Diego Mission offers a faithful, Spanish-language Catholic home for the farm-working families of Basin City and the surrounding lower Yakima Valley, with weekend and weekday Mass scheduled around the rhythms of agricultural work. Worship takes place in Spanish, devotions to Our Lady of Guadalupe are central to the community's identity, and the Friday afternoon/evening confession schedule makes the Sacrament of Reconciliation readily available. As part of a tri-community grouping with St. Vincent de Paul in Connell and St. Paul the Apostle in Eltopia, the mission reaches Catholics across a wide rural stretch of Franklin County and offers a warm, family-oriented parish life.
Mass times at San Juan Diego
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Friday 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
About San Juan Diego Mission
San Juan Diego is a Spanish-language Roman Catholic mission in Basin City, Washington, in the Diocese of Spokane. Classified as a mission rather than an independent parish, it is administered jointly with St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Connell and St. Paul the Apostle in Eltopia. The mission's patron, St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, gives the community a deep devotional tie to Our Lady of Guadalupe and to the Mexican Catholic heritage of many of its members.
Parish Leadership & Clergy
San Juan Diego Mission is served by the pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Connell. The current pastor is Rev. Jose Luis Hernandez. The mission shares its mailing address, phone number, and administrative staff with St. Vincent de Paul, including the parish administrator.
- Pastor: Rev. Jose Luis Hernandez
- Parish Administrator (shared with St. Vincent de Paul, Connell)
A Three-Community Mission Grouping
Within the Diocese of Spokane, San Juan Diego Mission is grouped with two other Catholic communities that together cover a wide stretch of rural Franklin County: St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Connell (the 'home' parish), San Juan Diego Mission in Basin City, and St. Paul the Apostle in Eltopia. They share a single pastor and a single mailing address (PO Box 1030, Connell, WA 99326), giving Catholics of the lower Yakima Valley one coordinated pastoral team.
- St. Vincent de Paul — 220 S. Dayton St., Connell, WA 99326 — (509) 234-2262
- San Juan Diego Mission — 440 Bailie Blvd., Basin City, WA 99343
- St. Paul the Apostle — 14181 Glade Rd., Eltopia, WA 99330 — (509) 297-4371
Languages & Cultural Identity
All listed Masses at San Juan Diego Mission are celebrated in Spanish, reflecting the demographics of Basin City and the surrounding agricultural communities of the lower Yakima Valley. The choice of St. Juan Diego as patron — the indigenous Mexican visionary of Our Lady of Guadalupe — is a deeply meaningful expression of the parish's cultural and Marian devotion.
- Mass language: Spanish
- Patron saint: St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin
- Feast day: December 9
Visit, Location & Contact
San Juan Diego Mission is located at 440 Bailie Boulevard in Basin City, Washington. (Some diocesan directory listings use the larger mailing locality of Mesa, WA 99343 for the same physical address.) The mission shares its office and phone number with St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Connell; visitors and parishioners are encouraged to use the Connell mailing address for parish correspondence.
- Physical address: 440 Bailie Blvd., Basin City, WA 99343
- Mailing address: PO Box 1030, Connell, WA 99326
- Phone: (509) 232-2262
- Website: http://www.nfranklincatholic.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SanJuanDiegoMissionBasinCity/