About St. Anthony · Brownfield, Texas
St. Anthony Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish serving the small farming community of Brownfield in Terry County, on the South Plains of West Texas. The parish was established in 1952 and belongs to the Diocese of Lubbock. It offers Mass in both English and Spanish, has a trio of permanent deacons alongside its pastor, and runs a parish-based religious education program (CFF) staffed by Sister Rita Campos. Located on Levelland Highway just outside downtown Brownfield, it remains an active, bilingual Catholic presence in a largely rural, agricultural part of the Diocese of Lubbock.
- Established
- 1952
- Patron
- St. Anthony (of Padua, the saint to whom the parish is dedicated)
- Rector
- Rev. John Ohlig
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lubbock
Why belong here
St. Anthony offers a warm, bilingual Catholic home for the Brownfield area — Sunday Mass in English at 9:30 AM and in Spanish at 11 AM, a daily weekday Mass schedule, Saturday confessions, and weekly Eucharistic Adoration on Thursdays. The parish is small enough to know one another but full enough to support three permanent deacons, a religious education program (CFF) led by Sister Rita Campos, and active sacramental life for the area's farm and ranch families.
Mass times at St. Anthony
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Saturday 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM (or by appointment)
Adoration times
- Thursday 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM
- Friday 5:00 PM – 5:25 PM (First Fridays)
About St. Anthony Catholic Church
St. Anthony Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish in Brownfield, Texas, serving the farming and ranching communities of Terry County on the South Plains. Established in 1952 and part of the Diocese of Lubbock, the parish gathers at 1902 Levelland Highway on the west side of Brownfield. It is a bilingual (English/Spanish) community with a daily Mass schedule, weekly Eucharistic Adoration, Saturday confessions, and a parish religious education program (CFF) for children. The parish is staffed by its pastor, three permanent deacons, a parish secretary, and a religious sister directing faith formation.
- Parish established: 1952 (per GCatholic)
- Diocese: Lubbock
- Address: 1902 Levelland Hwy, Brownfield, TX 79316
- Languages: English and Spanish
Parish Staff & Clergy
The parish is led by a pastor and supported by a team of three permanent deacons, a parish secretary, and a religious sister who directs the religious education program. Together they form a stable, bilingual pastoral team typical of small-town West Texas parishes.
- Deacon Martin Miranda
- Deacon Israel Limon, Jr.
- Deacon George Holguin
- Sister Rita Campos — Religious Education / CFF
- Delma Lira — Parish Secretary
Faith Formation (CFF)
The parish's faith formation program — called CFF (Catecismo / Continuing Faith Formation) — is directed by Sister Rita Campos. It provides catechesis for the parish's children and is reached via the parish office by dialing extension 3. Specific grade-level offerings and registration details are not published on the parish's current public website.
- Director: Sister Rita Campos
- Program name: CFF (Religious Education / Catecismo)
- Office contact: (806) 637-6626 ext. 3
Parish Office & Contact
Parish business and sacramental inquiries are handled through the parish office on the Levelland Highway campus. The office is staffed during regular weekday hours and offers a voicemail extension system for the rectory, the office, and the CFF program.
- Address: 1902 Levelland Hwy, Brownfield, TX 79316
- Phone: (806) 637-6626
- Rectory: extension 1
- Office: extension 2
- CFF: extension 3
- Email: [email protected]
- Office hours: Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM (closed 12:00–1:00 PM for lunch)
Diocese & Region
St. Anthony is one of the parishes of the Diocese of Lubbock, which covers a large swath of the South Plains of West Texas. Brownfield, the seat of Terry County, sits west of Lubbock in cotton country; the parish is listed among the diocese's parishes on the official Catholic Diocese of Lubbock parish locator.
- Diocese: Catholic Diocese of Lubbock
- Region: South Plains / West Texas
- County: Terry County
- Diocesan parish locator entry: catholiclubbock.org