Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe

The first Roman Catholic church in Alpine stood on land deeded to the Diocese of San Antonio in 1896 by Daniel and Thomas O. Murphy, father and son. The original adobe church building was dedicated on November 19, 1902, by the Rev. A.J. Forest, Bishop of San Antonio, with Father Nicholas Brocardus, pastor of the Alpine parish, in attendance and Father Joseph Hoban of Ft. Davis assisting. In 1914, the church became part of the newly established Diocese of El Paso. Father Manuel Cuadrado was assigned as the first resident priest in 1916, and in 1917 the name was changed to Our Lady of Peace. After a new rock church was constructed in 1943, the original adobe church building served as the Parish Hall until 1963, when it was razed and replaced by the current Parish hall building, dedicated on July 15, 1964.

Alpine, Texas · United States