St Philip the Apostle

Specialties

Saturday Mass 5:00PM

Sunday Masses 7:00, 8:45, 10:30AM & 12:15 & 5:30PM

Weekday Masses 7:00AM & 12:10PM

Weekly Confessions Saturdays 3:30PM — 4:30PM

History

Established in 1968.

Caring, active, involved, progressive, vital — these are the characteristics that have made St. Philip the Apostle Parish prominent in the Diocese of Fresno.



St. Philip the Apostle, named for one of the twelve apostles from Bethsaida in Galilee, who is mentioned in the gospels and who is said to have been martyred at Hierapolis of Phrygia. The name also held historical significance, in that Padre Francisco Garces gave the name Rio de San Felipe to the Kern River on first seeing the waters at the mouth of the Kern Canyon.

Established in 1968 under the leadership of Monsignor James Logan, families attended services at West High School and classrooms on the parish grounds until the church was completed in 1974.

Under the leadership of the current pastor, Monsignor Raul Sanchez a new chapel was added in 2015.