About Santa Ana · Tremonton, Utah
Santa Ana Catholic Mission is a small bilingual Catholic mission in Tremonton, Utah, located in Box Elder County in the far north of the state. It is served from Saint Henry Catholic Church in nearby Brigham City and falls under the Diocese of Salt Lake City. The mission celebrates one Sunday Mass each week in Spanish and English for the Catholic families of the Tremonton area, and its community has a strong Hispanic Catholic identity rooted in decades of faith in northern Utah.
- Established
- established circa 1980s; formally at current address circa 1994
- Patron
- Santa Ana (Saint Anne), mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Rector
- Very Reverend Francisco Pires
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salt Lake City
Why belong here
Santa Ana Mission offers a bilingual Catholic home for the families of Tremonton and Box Elder County, with a weekly Sunday Mass that welcomes Spanish- and English-speaking worshippers alike. As a mission served from Saint Henry Parish in Brigham City, it is a small, close-knit community with deep roots — some of its members helped build the very building they worship in. Visitors and parishioners are drawn by its warm Hispanic Catholic devotional life, including the beloved 21-mile "Walk With Christ" Easter pilgrimage.
Mass times at Santa Ana
Weekly Mass schedule
About Santa Ana Catholic Mission
Santa Ana Catholic Mission is the Catholic mission that serves Tremonton and the surrounding Box Elder County area in northern Utah. It is a mission of Saint Henry Parish in Brigham City and a member church of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, celebrating one bilingual Sunday Mass each week for its community.
- Type: Mission (served from Saint Henry Catholic Church, Brigham City)
- Diocese: Diocese of Salt Lake City
- Languages: English and Spanish
- Weekly Sunday Mass: 12:30 pm
History of the Mission
Before Santa Ana had its own home, Catholics in Tremonton gathered for Sunday Mass in the basement of the local Methodist Church on Tremont Street. The mission was built through the generous donations of many parishioners and supporters, and a local business listing records the parish as established at its present address in 1994. In thanksgiving for the new building, parishioner Jose Martinez was among those who organized the very first 'Walk With Christ' Easter pilgrimage from Saint Henry's in Brigham City to the Tremonton mission.
- Pre-mission Masses were held in the basement of the Methodist Church on Tremont Street (now a day-care center).
- Mission established at 760 W 600 N, Tremonton (Box Elder County).
- Listed year started: 1994.
Clergy
Santa Ana Mission is served from Saint Henry Parish, which means its pastor lives and ministers primarily at the Brigham City parish and travels to celebrate the Sunday Mass at the Tremonton mission.
- Very Reverend Francisco Pires — Pastor of Saint Henry Catholic Church and Santa Ana Mission.
Mass & Service Times
SERVICE TIMES published by the Diocese of Salt Lake City: Sunday Mass at 12:30 pm, celebrated bilingually (English/Spanish). There is currently no published schedule for weekday Masses, confession, or adoration at the mission — for other sacraments such as confession, parishioners are encouraged to contact the mission office or visit Saint Henry Parish in Brigham City.
- Sunday: 12:30 pm (Bi-lingual)
Served by Saint Henry Parish, Brigham City
As a Catholic mission, Santa Ana is administered from Saint Henry Catholic Church in Brigham City. Sharing clergy and pastoral support with the larger parish allows the small Tremonton community to receive regular Sunday Mass and pastoral care despite its size.
- Saint Henry Catholic Church, Brigham City — primary parish.
- Santa Ana Mission, Tremonton — associated mission.
Walk With Christ — Easter Pilgrimage
Each year during Holy Week / Easter season, members of the Box Elder Catholic community walk the roughly 21 miles from Saint Henry's Church in Brigham City to Santa Ana Mission in Tremonton as an act of thanksgiving and sacrifice. The tradition began as an expression of gratitude for the newly built Santa Ana Mission and has continued for more than 30 years, with only the COVID-19 years of 2020–2022 halting the walk. Pilgrims — sometimes as many as 100, sometimes as few as 20 — take turns carrying a large wooden cross (about 10 feet long) and a smaller crucifix bearing a figure of Jesus. The pilgrimage has become the spiritual signature of the mission and the broader Brigham City–Tremonton Catholic community.
- 21-mile route: Saint Henry Church (Brigham City) → Santa Ana Mission (Tremonton).
- Pilgrims take turns carrying a ~10-foot cross and a smaller crucifix.
- Begun in gratitude for the building of Santa Ana Mission.
- Interrupted only in 2020, 2021, and 2022 due to COVID-19.
- Has drawn between roughly 20 and 100 participants in various years.
Visit & Contact
Parishioners and visitors are warmly welcomed at the Sunday bilingual Mass. For questions about sacraments, ministry, or volunteering, contact the parish office through the number below.
- Address: 600 North 760 West, Tremonton, UT 84337
- Phone: (435) 723-2941
- Website: www.dioslc.org/parishes/santa-ana-catholic-mission
Pastors & rectors through the years
- Very Reverend Francisco Pires2020–present (also served St. Henry & Santa Ana as parochial vicar beginning 1995)
Ordained Dec. 8, 1984 in Tobarão, Brazil. Arrived in the Diocese of Salt Lake City in August 1995; one of the founding pastors of St. Andrew Parish in Riverton in 2006. Returned to St. Henry and Santa Ana as pastor in 2020 and announced retirement in 2025.