List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston

The following churches are Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston.

List of active parishes

Harris County

Houston city limits

• St. Charles Borromeo Church (Northside District)
• St. Christopher Church (Southeast Houston)
• St. Clare of Assisi Church (Clear Lake City) - Its 33,000-square-foot (3,100 m²) addition opened in 2015. Inside are a 5,000-square-foot (460 m²) narthex as well as meeting rooms.
• St. Cyril of Alexandria Church (Westchase)
• St. Frances Cabrini Church (Southeast Houston)
• St. Francis de Sales Church (Sharpstown Country Club Terrace Section 2) - As of 2006 it had 2,700 families.
• St. Francis of Assisi Church (Kashmere Gardens)
• St. Francis Xavier Church (Southern Houston)
• St. Gregory the Great Church (Northeast Houston)
• St. Jerome Church (Spring Branch)
• St. John Vianney Church (Memorial)
• St. Joseph - St. Stephen Church (Sixth Ward) - It formed by the 2016 merger of St. Joseph and St. Stephen parishes. The archdiocese first announced the merger proposal in 2014.
• St. Justin Martyr Church (Alief)
• St. Martha Church Faith Formation Office and Catholic School (Kingwood) - Previously the main campus was in Kingwood; it is currently in Porter.
• St. Mary of the Purification Church (Third Ward) - It was established on April 5, 1929.
• St. Michael Church (West Houston) - It is in proximity to the Houston Galleria.
• St. Monica Church (Acres Homes) - The parish was established in 1964, and it originated from a mission established in the 1940s.
• St. Nicholas Church (East Downtown) - It is Houston's oldest black Catholic church. It is/was considered to be in the Third Ward. By 2012 the church held Swahili masses due to it gaining African immigrant parishioners. In particular it has a group of Cameroonians in the congregation served by the Assumption Cameroonian Catholic Community, so it has services each month tailored to that group. In 2013 the church had experienced multiple instances of copper theft.
• St. Patrick Church (Northside District)
• St. Peter the Apostle Church (Third Ward) - Established in 1941.
• St. Peter Claver Church (Settegast) - It was the first church in the archdiocese with an African-American pastor. It became a parish in November 1964.
• St. Philip Neri Church (southern Houston) - It is in proximity to Sunnyside and South Park.
• St. Philip of Jesus Church (northeast Houston)
• St. Raphael the Archangel Church (west Houston)
• St. Rose of Lima Church (Garden Oaks)
• St. Theresa Church (in Memorial Park) - Started in Memorial Elementary School, with the first worship service April 14, 1946. Groundbreaking of the permanent building was on April 20, 1947.
• St. Thomas More Church (Southwest Houston)
• St. Vincent de Paul Church - It was established in 1939 with the parish church being built from the following year. It is in proximity to West University Place.
• Vietnamese Martyrs Church (Vietnamese: Giáo Xứ Các Thánh Tử Đạo Việt Nam) - It is one of five Vietnamese Catholic churches in the Houston area.

NOTE: St. Mark the Evangelist Church is in the city of Houston but is in Fort Bend County instead of Harris County.

Cities other than Houston

• Our Lady of Fatima Church (Galena Park)
• Our Lady of Grace Church (South Houston)
• Our Lady of Guadalupe Church (Baytown)
• St. Anne Church (Tomball)
• St. Bartholomew the Apostle Catholic Church (City of Katy) - The church has regular worship services in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
• St. Cecilia Church (Hedwig Village, Houston postal address) - Previously St. Theresa church served the Memorial Villages area. St. Cecilia was established by Bishop Nold on July 1, 1956.
• St. Hyacinth Church (Deer Park)
• St. John the Evangelist Church (Baytown)
• St. Joseph Church (Baytown)
• St. Juan Diego Church (Pasadena)
• St. Luke the Evangelist Church Cenacle Learning Center (CLC) (Pearland) (other parts of Pearland with churches are in Brazoria County)
• St. Mary Church (La Porte)
• St. Mary Magdalene Church (Humble) - By 1911 the Church of the Immaculate Conception established the St. Mary's Mission in Humble; it received a permanent building in 1915. At one point the church moved to its current location.
• St. Paul the Apostle Church (Nassau Bay)
• St. Pius V Church (Pasadena)

Unincorporated areas

• Christ The Good Shepherd Church (Spring postal address) - It was established on April 1, 1978.
• Christ the Redeemer Church (Houston postal address) - It was established after 1980, and originally used Millsap Elementary School as its worship center. The permanent building was dedicated on August 19, 1984, on the same year construction ended. - It was established in 1980. In 2005 Tara Dooley of the Houston Chronicle stated that it had "A swelling membership".
• Epiphany of the Lord Church (Greater Katy) - It opened in 1981. In 1984 a Molotov cocktail damaged the church building. The church building received several additions. Jack Dinkins was the pastor in 2010. As of 2018 Tom Lam is the pastor of Epiphany of the Lord.
• Holy Family Church (McNair)
• Our Lady of Lavang Church (Vietnamese: Giáo Xứ Đức Mẹ Lavang) (Houston postal address) - It is one of five Vietnamese Catholic churches in the Houston area.
• Regina Caeli Parish (Houston postal address) - Established on August 15, 2013, it uses a traditional Latin language worship style from the period before Vatican II. The permanent campus, on 40 acres (16 ha) of land, had its groundbreaking on December 20, 2015. The church's name is "Queen of Heaven" in English.
• Sacred Heart Church (Crosby)
• St. Andrew Church (Channelview)
• St. Dominic Church (Houston postal address)
• St. Edith Stein Church (Greater Katy) It is on 20 acres (8.1 ha) of land adjacent to the Westfield subdivision, opened in September 1999. The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston bought the site in March 1999. The church's 100-seat 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m²) sanctuary and 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m²) Formation Center were scheduled to be completed in early March 2004 for a total of $5.8 million. Other buildings were to be erected at a later time. Prior to the opening of the permanent facilities, the church was housed in Katy ISD buildings. As of 2002 about 600 families were registered at St. Edith Stein. By 2006 there were 1,400 families.
• St. Edward Church (Spring postal address)
• St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church (Houston postal address)
• St. Ignatius Loyola Church (Spring postal address) - It was established in 1985. SILCC went viral after Hurricane Harvey when Father Norbert Maduzia declared, "I'm standing inside the church now. I'm just speechless. Everything is lost."
• St. James the Apostle Church (Spring census-designated place)
• St. John Neumann Church (Houston postal address)
• St. Jude Thaddeus Church (Highlands)
• St. Leo the Great Church (Houston postal address)
• St. Luke the Evangelist Church (Houston postal address) The main campus is in an unincorporated area while the Cenacle Learning Center (CLC) is in Pearland.
• St. Martin de Porres Church (Barrett)
• St. Matthew the Evangelist Church (Houston postal address)
• St. Maximilian Kolbe Church (Houston postal address) - In July 1983 the church was established, and it initially used Post Elementary School in Jersey Village before moving to Emmott Elementary School by Summer 1985. The permanent church was built from November 1986 with dedication on November 1, 1987.
• St. Philip the Apostle Church (Huffman)

List of former parishes

• Our Mother of Mercy Church (Port Bolivar, Bolivar Peninsula) - It was established circa 1950. Lomax wrote that the church "was the site of many marriages and funerals for generations of Bolivarians." It closed after Hurricane Ike in 2008. At the end of its life, its congregation numbered 75, although in summer months vacationers also attended church there. Lomax described it as "a dowdy, declining parish". Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza had it razed, despite the lack of damage from the hurricane. The archdiocese argued that keeping the structure would cause further expenses, and that future weather issues could damage the building. Lomax wrote "the archdiocese viewed the church as old and in the way". He added that former members of the congregation had a negative reception to the demolition and the consolidation to the Our Lady By The Sea site at Crystal Beach.
• Reina de la Paz (Galveston) This was a mission of St. Patrick Church. In 2009 the Archdiocese announced that it will sell the site.
• St. Joseph's Church (Galveston) - Closed in 1968
• St. Peter the Apostle Church (Galveston) - In 2009 the archdiocese announced that it will sell the land, with the rectory remaining intact but the other buildings being razed.
• St. Theresa of Liseaux Mission (Crystal Beach) - It was built in 1994. It sustained damage during Hurricane Ike in 2008, and due to the damage the archdiocese had it razed. Our Lady By The Sea was built on its site.
• St. Stephen Church (First Ward, Houston) - The church, which had a congregation with many Mexican immigrants, occupied what Lisa Gray of the Houston Chronicle referred to as "a modest church building" and was in an area experiencing gentrification. It closed in 2016 when it was merged with St. Joseph Church. In 2018, and 2019, there were protests advocating that the archdiocese reopen the church. The leadership of the Catholic church overruled the archdiocese and ordered the church to reopen, but as of 2019 no such reopening has yet occurred.

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