About St. Augustine · Merrill, Oregon
St. Augustine Catholic Church is a small Roman Catholic parish serving the rural farming community of Merrill, Oregon, in southern Oregon's Klamath County near the California border. As part of the Diocese of Baker and a member of its Southern Deanery, the parish provides a Sunday Mass, a Saturday Vigil Mass, and daily weekday Masses for the local faithful at its 905 East Front Street location. It is pastored as a combined parish with mission church St. Frances Cabrini in nearby Bonanza. The parish is listed on the Oregon Secretary of State's registry as 'Saint Augustine Catholic Church of Merrill, Inc.,' a domestic nonprofit corporation.
- Patron
- St. Augustine (of Hippo)
- Rector
- Very Rev. Francis Obijekwu
- Diocese
- Diocese of Baker
Why belong here
St. Augustine offers the rare gift of a small, walkable country parish with daily Mass and the full rhythm of Catholic life — daily 8 AM Mass Tuesday through Friday, a Saturday Vigil at 5:30 PM, and Sunday Mass at 9 AM, plus Saturday confession. As a combined parish with St. Frances Cabrini Mission in Bonanza under pastor Fr. Francis Obijekwu, it is a tight-knit rural worship community rooted in the southern Oregon farming country of Klamath County.
Mass times at St. Augustine
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Saturday 4:45 PM – 5:15 PM
- Or by appointment
About St. Augustine Parish
St. Augustine Catholic Church is a small Roman Catholic parish in the rural community of Merrill, Oregon (Klamath County), part of the Diocese of Baker. The parish gathers Sunday and weekday faithful at its 905 East Front Street location and is pastored in tandem with St. Frances Cabrini Mission in Bonanza. It sits in the high-desert farming country near the California border and is led by Very Rev. Francis Obijekwu, who also serves as Dean of the Diocese of Baker's Southern Deanery.
Clergy & Pastoral Leadership
The parish is pastored by Very Rev. Francis Obijekwu, who also serves as Dean of the Southern Deanery of the Diocese of Baker. He is pastor of both St. Augustine in Merrill and St. Frances Cabrini Mission in Bonanza.
- Very Rev. Francis Obijekwu — Pastor (and Dean, Southern Deanery)
- St. Frances Cabrini, Bonanza — Mission parish under the same pastor
Diocese & Deanery
St. Augustine belongs to the Diocese of Baker (originally the Diocese of Baker City, established by Pope Leo XIII on June 19, 1903 and renamed in 1952). Within the diocese, the parish is grouped in the Southern Deanery along with Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Chiloquin), St. James (Bly), Sacred Heart and St. Pius X (Klamath Falls), St. Patrick (Lakeview) and its missions, and St. Frances Cabrini (Bonanza).
- Diocese: Diocese of Baker
- Deanery: Southern Deanery
- Dean: Very Rev. Francis Obijekwu
Community & Location
Merrill is a small farming community in southern Oregon's Klamath Basin, just north of the California line. The parish serves this rural area as a steady Catholic presence, with its mailing address given as PO Box 340, Merrill, OR 97633 alongside the physical address at 905 East Front Street.
- 905 East Front Street, Merrill, OR 97633
- PO Box 340, Merrill, OR 97633
- Phone: (541) 798-5823
- Email: [email protected]