About St. James Mission · Strathmore, California
St. James Mission is a small Roman Catholic mission church in the unincorporated community of Strathmore, California, in Tulare County. It is one of three missions of Sacred Heart Parish in nearby Lindsay, sharing the same pastor, Rev. Kenneth Bozzo, and the same phone line. The mission serves the Spanish-speaking Catholic faithful of the Strathmore area and is part of the Diocese of Fresno's Tulare Vicariate. Its Sunday liturgy is celebrated in Spanish.
- Patron
- St. James (Santiago)
- Rector
- Rev. Kenneth Bozzo
- Diocese
- Diocese of Fresno (Tulare Vicariate)
Why belong here
St. James Mission offers Strathmore's small Catholic community a Spanish-language Sunday Mass (2:30 p.m.) as well as weekly opportunities for the Sacrament of Reconciliation on Thursday evenings. As a mission of Sacred Heart Parish in Lindsay, it brings the same pastor, Rev. Kenneth Bozzo, to serve the faithful of this rural Tulare County village, making Catholic worship, sacraments, and community life accessible close to home.
Mass times at St. James Mission
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Thursday 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Identity & Catholic Mission
St. James Mission is a Roman Catholic mission church located in the rural community of Strathmore, California, in Tulare County. It is not an independent parish but a mission of the Church of the Sacred Heart in Lindsay, which shares the same pastor and the same parish office phone line. The mission is part of the Diocese of Fresno and is listed in the diocese's Tulare Vicariate.
- Type: Catholic Mission (dependent on Sacred Heart, Lindsay)
- Diocese: Diocese of Fresno — Tulare Vicariate
- Patron: St. James (Santiago Apóstol)
- Liturgical language: Spanish
Pastor & Leadership
St. James Mission is served by the pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Lindsay, Rev. Kenneth Bozzo, who ministers to the mission community in addition to the parent parish. The mission shares the same telephone and fax number as Sacred Heart, Lindsay.
- Rev. Kenneth Bozzo — Pastor
Location & Contact
The mission is located on Guthrie Drive in Strathmore, an unincorporated community in Tulare County, California. It shares its mailing/office contact information with the parent parish of Sacred Heart in Lindsay.
- Address: 19752 Guthrie Dr., Strathmore, CA 93267
- Phone: (559) 562-4008
- Fax: (559) 562-5511
- Website: http://lindsay-sacred-heart-church.webnode.page
- Parent parish: Sacred Heart, 217 Lindero Ave., Lindsay, CA
Diocese & Vicariate
St. James Mission falls under the pastoral care of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno, within the Tulare Vicariate. As one of the small missions scattered across the Tulare region, it extends the diocese's reach into Strathmore's rural Hispanic Catholic community.
- Diocese: Diocese of Fresno
- Vicariate: Tulare Vicariate
- Companion missions of Sacred Heart, Lindsay: St. Anthony Mission (Tonyville), Santa Cruz Station (Plainview)