About St. Philip Benizi Mission · Eola, Texas
St. Philip Benizi Mission is a small Roman Catholic mission church in the unincorporated community of Eola in northwestern Concho County, Texas. It is not an independent parish but a mission of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in nearby Eden, and is served by the same parochial administrator who oversees the Eden parish and the sister mission of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Millersview. The mission belongs to the Diocese of San Angelo and offers a weekly Sunday Mass, with weekday Mass and the Sacrament of Reconciliation celebrated on a more limited schedule. As a country mission in a tight-knit farming community, it brings the Catholic faith and the sacraments to Catholic families scattered across the rural Lipan Flat area west of San Angelo.
- Patron
- St. Philip Benizi (Philip Benizi de Damiani)
- Rector
- Rev. Johnrita Adegboyega (Parochial Administrator)
- Diocese
- Diocese of San Angelo
Why belong here
St. Philip Benizi Mission is the Catholic home for families in and around Eola who would otherwise have to drive long distances across Concho County to attend Mass. As a mission clustered with St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Eden and Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission in Millersview, it offers a small, close-knit Sunday worship community served directly by the diocese's parochial administrator, with Reconciliation available before Sunday Mass. For Catholic ranchers, farmers, and their families in this stretch of the western Hill Country / Lipan Flat, the mission is a faithful, convenient, and welcoming place to keep the Lord's Day and to receive the sacraments close to home.
Mass times at St. Philip Benizi Mission
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Before Sunday Mass (per the Diocese of San Angelo listing)
- Sunday 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM (per CatholicChurchTimes)
- Wednesday 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM (per CatholicChurchTimes)
St. Philip Benizi Mission — Eola, Texas
St. Philip Benizi Mission is the Catholic mission church serving the small community of Eola in northwestern Concho County, Texas. It is part of the Diocese of San Angelo and is formally a mission of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Eden, sharing pastoral leadership, sacramental records, and basic administration with that mother parish.
Identity and Patron
The mission takes its name from St. Philip Benizi de Damiani (1233–1285), the fifth Prior General of the Servites (Order of Servants of Mary), canonized by Pope Clement X in 1671. His liturgical memorial is kept on August 23, the feast on which the mission's patron is honored each year.
- Patron: St. Philip Benizi (Servite)
- Feast day: August 23
- Canonized 1671 by Pope Clement X
- Major shrine: Church of the Servites in Todi, Italy
Diocese and Pastoral Cluster
St. Philip Benizi Mission belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Angelo. Because it is a mission rather than a freestanding parish, it does not have its own resident pastor; instead, it is clustered with two neighboring Catholic communities and served by a single parochial administrator assigned by the bishop.
- Diocese: Diocese of San Angelo
- Mother parish: St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Eden (302 Moss St., Eden, TX 76837)
- Sister mission: Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission, Millersview
- Parochial Administrator: Rev. Johnrita Adegboyega
Contact and Location
The mission's physical address is on County Road 5511 in Eola, while its mailing address uses a local PO Box. Telephone and email contacts route through the Diocese of San Angelo's general parish system; the same phone line is shared with the mother parish of St. Charles Borromeo in Eden.
- Church address: 11937 Co Rd 5511, Eola, TX 76937
- Mailing address: PO Box 711, Eola, TX 76937-0711
- Phone: 325-869-8311
- Email: [email protected]
Community Context — Eola and Concho County
Eola is an unincorporated farming and ranching community in northwestern Concho County on the Lipan Flat, about thirteen miles southwest of Paint Rock. Settled largely by central and eastern European immigrants — including many Czech families — during the 1890s land boom, the community had a population of 218 at the 2000 census. Catholic mission churches like St. Philip Benizi have long served the religious needs of these scattered ranching families across western Concho County.
- County: Concho County (northwestern part)
- Nearby towns: Eden, Paint Rock, Millersview
- School district: Eden Consolidated Independent School District
- Population (2000 census): 218