About St. Patrick's · Vale, Oregon
St. Patrick's Catholic Church is a small Roman-Latin rite parish serving the high-desert community of Vale in eastern Oregon's Malheur County, just across the state line from Idaho. The parish was established in 1911 and belongs to the Diocese of Baker, with the Most Reverend Liam Cary presiding as diocesan bishop. St. Patrick's is known locally for its unusually full liturgical schedule — daily Mass Monday through Saturday morning, plus Sunday morning and Saturday evening Masses — making it a steady anchor of Catholic worship for rural families across this sparsely populated stretch of the Treasure Valley. The parish also ministers to a mission community, St. Joseph in Unity, Oregon. The parish is currently served by Very Reverend Camillus Fernando, affectionately called 'Fr. Cami,' who also serves as Dean of the Eastern Deanery of the Diocese of Baker.
- Established
- 1911
- Patron
- St. Patrick
- Rector
- Very Reverend Camillus Fernando (Fr. Cami)
- Diocese
- Diocese of Baker
Why belong here
St. Patrick's offers a rare gift for a rural parish: a full daily Mass schedule, with morning Mass every day of the week (8:30 am Mon–Fri, plus Saturday vigil at 5 pm and Sunday at 9 am), and Saturday confessions from 4:00 pm. Worshippers from Vale and surrounding Malheur County communities — including the parish's mission at St. Joseph in Unity — find here a warm, traditional parish under the pastoral care of Fr. Camillus Fernando, anchored in more than a century of Catholic life on the Oregon high desert.
Mass times at St. Patrick's
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Saturday 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM
- Saturday 4:00 PM (or by appointment)
About St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Vale
St. Patrick's is a Roman-Latin rite Catholic parish at 690 A Street West in Vale, Oregon, established in 1911 and part of the Diocese of Baker. The parish welcomes worshippers from Vale and the surrounding high-desert communities of Malheur County, in the Treasure Valley near the Idaho border. Its mission is to continue more than a century of Catholic worship and pastoral care on the eastern Oregon frontier, and to extend that ministry through the mission church of St. Joseph in Unity.
- Established: 1911
- Diocese: Diocese of Baker (Bishop: Most Reverend Liam Cary)
- Rite: Roman-Latin
- Location: 690 A Street West, Vale, OR 97918
- Mission Church: St. Joseph, Unity, Oregon
Clergy & Leadership
St. Patrick's is served by Very Reverend Camillus Fernando, known to parishioners as 'Fr. Cami.' Father Cami serves not only as pastor of St. Patrick's but also as Dean of the Eastern Deanery of the Diocese of Baker and as pastor of St. Edward the Martyr in Sisters, Oregon.
- Pastor: Very Reverend Camillus Fernando ('Fr. Cami')
- Dean of the Eastern Deanery, Diocese of Baker
- Lay Officers (per Oregon corporate registry): Camillus Fernando (President); Rick Padgett (Secretary); Robert Ebbers (Secretary)
Diocese of Baker
St. Patrick's belongs to the Diocese of Baker, which was created by Pope Leo XIII on June 19, 1903, and which covers a vast swath of central, eastern and southern Oregon. The current Bishop of Baker is the Most Reverend Liam Cary. St. Patrick's is one of the parishes of the Eastern Deanery, which runs from the Snake River border with Idaho across the high desert through Baker City, John Day and Burns.
- Diocese: Diocese of Baker
- Bishop: Most Reverend Liam Cary
- Deanery: Eastern Deanery (Dean: Very Rev. Camillus Fernando)
Missions & Neighboring Parishes
Beyond its own parish boundary, St. Patrick's has pastoral responsibility for the mission church of St. Joseph in Unity, Oregon. In the broader Eastern Deanery of the Diocese of Baker it sits among neighboring parishes such as Blessed Sacrament in Ontario, St. Bridget of Kildare in Nyssa, Holy Family in Burns, and St. Elizabeth of Hungary in John Day.
- St. Joseph — Unity, Oregon (mission of St. Patrick's)
- Blessed Sacrament — Ontario, OR
- St. Bridget of Kildare — Nyssa, OR
Visit & Contact
Parishioners and visitors can reach the parish office by phone or email, and are welcome to attend any Mass or Saturday confession.
- Address: 690 A Street West, Vale, OR 97918
- Phone: (541) 473-3906
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: http://stpatricksvale.com/
- Parish corporation: Saint Patrick Catholic Church of Vale, Inc.