About St. William · Ione, Oregon
St. William Catholic Church is a small Roman Catholic mission parish located at 110 Main Street in Ione, Oregon, in Morrow County's high desert. It is a mission church of St. Patrick Catholic Church in nearby Heppner, and falls under the Diocese of Baker — one of the largest Catholic dioceses by area in the United States. The parish serves a scattered, rural, and bilingual agricultural community, offering a Sunday morning Mass, a Thursday evening Mass, and a monthly Spanish-language Mass on the first Friday of the month, along with Eucharistic Adoration and the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
- Patron
- St. William (likely William of Vercelli, the 12th-century hermit and founder of Monte Vergine; or possibly St. William of York, whose feast is June 8)
- Diocese
- Diocese of Baker
Why belong here
St. William offers a welcoming, close-knit Catholic community in rural Morrow County, with the traditional Sunday Mass celebrated at 8:45 a.m. and Eucharistic Adoration on Fridays. The parish also serves Spanish-speaking farmworkers with a monthly Spanish Mass on the first Friday of the month, reflecting the area's bilingual agricultural heritage. As a mission of St. Patrick in Heppner, it offers the faithful a chance to worship in a small but devoted setting while being part of the wider Diocese of Baker family.
Mass times at St. William
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Sunday 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM
- By appointment (call 541-676-9462)
Adoration times
- Friday 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
About St. William Catholic Church
St. William Catholic Church is a small Roman Catholic mission parish in Ione, Oregon, in the high-desert agricultural region of Morrow County. It is a mission of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Heppner and is part of the Diocese of Baker. The faith community welcomes visitors and offers Mass in both English and Spanish to serve the area's rural and bilingual population.
Relationship to St. Patrick, Heppner
St. William operates as a mission chapel of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Heppner, which was founded in the late 19th century in what locals call 'the Irish Capital of Oregon.' The Heppner parish's current church, built in 1971 under Father Raymond Beard, was the first new construction in the Diocese of Baker to incorporate the liturgical changes of the Second Vatican Council. Pastors assigned to St. Patrick traditionally care for the Ione mission as well, and the shared parish office (541-676-9462) coordinates ministry across both communities.
Diocese of Baker
St. William belongs to the Diocese of Baker, which is administered from Redmond, Oregon (641 SW Umatilla Avenue). The diocese is one of the largest Catholic jurisdictions in the United States by geographic area, covering much of central and eastern Oregon. The Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Baker is listed as the corporate entity of record for Saint William Catholic Church of Ione, Inc.
- Diocese headquarters: 641 SW Umatilla Avenue, Redmond, OR 97756
- Oregon corporate registry: Saint William Catholic Church of Ione, Inc. (Registry #10720191, registered October 8, 2002)
Service Area & Community
Ione is a small town surrounded by the wheat fields and cattle ranches of the Columbia Plateau. The parish's bilingual Mass schedule — English on most Sundays and Thursdays, Spanish once a month — reflects the agricultural workforce that sustains the local economy and the missionary character of a rural mission church.
Contact & Visit
Parishioners and visitors can reach the shared parish office (which serves both St. Patrick in Heppner and St. William in Ione) by phone. The church sits on Main Street in the center of Ione.
- Address: 110 Main Street, Ione, OR 97843
- Phone: (541) 676-9462
- Website: saintpatschurch.com/st-william-catholic-church