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The first Catholic priests in the region came from Kansas and New Mexico during the 1870s, serving the small Catholic population in periodic visits. The first Catholic church in the Texas Panhandle was St. Mary's, dedicated in Clarendon in 1892, to serve Irish and German railroad workers. [ 3 ]
St. Mary's Parish was started at the academy property in 1959. A new church was built for the parish in 1981 and it was destroyed in a fire on February 26, 2007. The first to raise the possibility of St. Mary's becoming a cathedral was Bishop John Yanta. Because he was nearing retirement no action was taken.
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church: built 1907 1991 NRHP-listed 1703 Dublin Street: Mobile, Alabama: Archdiocese of Mobile, parish church. St. Joseph's Parish was established in 1857. St. Matthew's Catholic Church: built 1913
John Walter Yanta (October 2, 1931 – August 6, 2022) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Amarillo in Texas from 1997 to 2008 and as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of San Antonio in Texas from 1994 to 1997.
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The church was dedicated on October 18. As Amarillo grew it became obvious that Sacred Heart was in need of a new church. In 1909 property was purchased at the corner of Ninth and Taylor Streets for $5,000. [1] The new church was built for $18,000 seven years later. The red brick building with white trim was built in the Romanesque Revival ...
Catholic secondary education in Amarillo can be traced back to 1913 when St. Mary's Academy was moved to Amarillo, TX. St. Mary's Academy was coeducational for grades 1–6; however, the high school was only for young ladies. It was not until 1928 that an all-boys school was created. St.
St. Matthew Catholic School opened its doors on August 18, 1993 to just under 400 students and has been open for 31 years with now over 700 students. Bishop Joseph Galante dedicated the school on October 10, 1993 with Sr. Patrice Floyd, IWBS serving as the first principal.