About San Juan Diego · Quitaque, Texas
San Juan Diego is a Catholic mission church located in Quitaque, Texas, a small community in Briscoe County in the Texas Panhandle. It is part of the Diocese of Amarillo and serves the faithful of Quitaque and the surrounding rural area. According to diocesan records, the mission was established in 1982. It shares its phone line and pastoral care with nearby St. Elizabeth Ann Seton parish in Turkey, Texas, reflecting the typical pattern of mission churches in this sparsely populated region of the diocese.
- Established
- 1982
- Patron
- St. Juan Diego
- Diocese
- Diocese of Amarillo
Why belong here
San Juan Diego is a small but faithful Catholic mission serving Quitaque and the surrounding ranching and farming community in the Texas Panhandle. It offers regular Mass and the sacraments to Catholics in an area where parishes are few and far between, and it is a place of devotion to St. Juan Diego, the humble Mexican layman to whom Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared in 1531.
About San Juan Diego Mission
San Juan Diego is a Catholic mission church in Quitaque, Texas, serving the rural Panhandle community. It was founded in 1982 and is part of the Diocese of Amarillo. The mission shares its telephone line and pastoral ministry with St. Elizabeth Ann Seton parish in Turkey, Texas.
History
The mission was established in 1982 to serve the Catholic faithful in Quitaque and the surrounding ranching country of Briscoe County.
Location & Contact
The mission is located on North 3rd Street in Quitaque, in the Texas Panhandle. The mailing address is Quitaque, TX 79255. For inquiries, the listed telephone number is 806-455-1277, shared with St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Turkey.
- 405 N 3rd St., Quitaque, TX 79255
- Phone: (806) 455-1277
Diocese of Amarillo
San Juan Diego mission is part of the Diocese of Amarillo, which covers the northern part of the Texas Panhandle. It is administered in conjunction with other parishes and missions in the area.