About St. Joseph · Cleveland, Oklahoma
St. Joseph Parish is a small Catholic mission parish in Cleveland, Oklahoma, within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma. The parish is served by clergy based in nearby Fairfax, sharing its priest with Sacred Heart Parish in Fairfax and St. Joseph Parish in Hominy. Mass is celebrated on Sundays in English at 205 South C Ave., and the parish shares a mailing address with Sacred Heart in Fairfax.
- Patron
- St. Joseph
- Rector
- Rev. Louis C. Obirieze
- Diocese
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma
Why belong here
St. Joseph offers a quiet, close-knit Catholic community in the small town of Cleveland, Oklahoma, with a single weekly Sunday Mass celebrated in English. Because the parish shares its priest with neighboring mission parishes, worshippers join a wider rural Catholic family spanning Pawnee County and beyond. For Catholics in and around Cleveland, it is a welcoming place to attend Mass, receive the sacrament of Confession before Sunday Mass, and stay connected to the Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma.
Mass times at St. Joseph
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Sunday 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM
Parish Identity & Diocese
St. Joseph Parish serves the small town of Cleveland in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, and is one of the rural mission parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma. Because the parish is small, it shares its priest with two neighboring parishes — Sacred Heart in Fairfax and St. Joseph in Hominy — making it part of a three-parish cluster under one pastor.
- Diocese: Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma
- Rite: Roman (Latin)
- Cluster: Sacred Heart (Fairfax), St. Joseph (Cleveland), St. Joseph (Hominy)
- GCatholic Church ID: 33270
Clergy & Staff
The parish is currently led by Fr. Louis C. Obirieze, who was assigned as Pastor of the Fairfax–Cleveland–Hominy cluster effective July 1, 2024, per the Diocese of Tulsa's 2024 priest assignments. He was previously pastor of Sacred Heart in Sapulpa and was ordained on August 15, 2000. His predecessor at Cleveland was Fr. Hrudaya Raj Gade, who was reassigned to Associate Pastor at St. Catherine in Tulsa and St. Joseph in Bristow. Parish office contacts route through the Fairfax mailing address.
- Current Pastor: Rev. Louis C. Obirieze (effective July 1, 2024)
- Previous Pastor: Rev. Hrudaya Raj Gade
- Parish office line: (918) 358-2333
- Mailing address: 333 S. 8th St., Fairfax, OK 74637
Contact & Location
St. Joseph's physical address is 205 South C Ave., Cleveland, OK 74020, with parish mail handled through the Fairfax office. The parish phone line, (918) 358-2333, is shared with the broader cluster of parishes served by the pastor. GCatholic additionally places the church on W Osage St., Cleveland.
- Street address: 205 South C Ave., Cleveland, OK 74020
- Mailing address: 333 S. 8th St., Fairfax, OK 74637
- Phone: (918) 358-2333
- Directions: From Hwy 64, take Osage St. into Cleveland
Catholic Cemetery
A parish-associated Catholic cemetery — St. Joseph's Catholic Church Cemetery — is recorded for the Cleveland community, reflecting the long-standing presence of the parish in this part of Pawnee County.
- St. Joseph's Catholic Church Cemetery, Cleveland, Oklahoma
Pastors & rectors through the years
- Rev. Hrudaya Raj Gadeprior to July 1, 2024
Previously listed as pastor of Sacred Heart (Fairfax), St. Joseph (Cleveland), and St. Joseph (Hominy); reassigned to Associate Pastor at St. Catherine in Tulsa and St. Joseph in Bristow effective July 1, 2024.
- Rev. Louis C. Obiriezeeffective July 1, 2024
Assigned as Pastor of Sacred Heart (Fairfax), St. Joseph (Cleveland), and St. Joseph (Hominy) effective July 1, 2024, per the Diocese of Tulsa 2024 priest assignments.