Photo by Everett Ivey
 

Christ the King Catholic Church in Iowa Park was established in 1980 as a mission of Saint Paul in Electra. Prior to that time, Father Richard Beaumont, pastor of St. Paul, realized a need for a Catholic Church in Iowa Park and brought it to the attention of Diocese of Fort Worth Bishop John J. Cassata.
 
Bishop Cassata established the parish and appointed Father David Johnson as its first pastor. The priest celebrated the first Mass for Christ the King Parish on January 1, 1980, at the Lutheran Church in Iowa Park. During Father Johnson’s time at Christ the King, he helped parishioners finance a multi-purpose building to serve as the church, parish hall, and formation center.
 
In 1983, Bishop Joseph P. Delaney placed Christ the King under the pastoral care of the priest at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Wichita Falls, with Deacon Patrick Burke taking on administrative duties. Various priests from Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Bethania Hospital in Wichita Falls, as well as pastors from St. Paul in Electra, celebrated Mass for Christ the King parishioners. On some special occasions, including Christmas, priests from Tulsa, Oklahoma and New Orleans, Louisiana, visited and celebrated Mass.
 
On December 18, 1988, a new church was constructed, and parishioners paid off its costs through golf tournaments and other creative fundraisers over the years.
 
On the parish's 25^th anniversary in 2005, Bishop Kevin W. Vann consecrated a new marble altar at the Christ the King. Members of the church also added a new marble ambo that year.
 
During the Christmas season, Christ the King displays beautiful nativity scenes, made by parishioners. The popular homemade depictions of Christ’s birth are exhibited in the church’s parish hall and attract visitors from Iowa Park and surrounding areas.

In April 2024, under the leadership and vision of our pastor, Fr. Joseph Moreno, the conversion and renovation of the underutilized chapel into a baptistry was begun. When completed, the baptistry will highlight the true beauty and reverence of the Order of Baptism in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church.
 
Currently about 100 faithful are parishioners of Christ the King Catholic Parish in Iowa Park.