Christ the King Catholic Church is a parish within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah, Georgia. We are a Eucharistic-centered faith community that lovingly serves one another, our many visitors, and all our neighbors in Harris and Talbot counties.
History
The Catholic community in Harris County was originally part of Saint Anne's Parish in Columbus, Georgia, and can trace its own identity back to the early 1960s when Father Lawrence A. Lucree began celebrating Mass in people’s homes and at Callaway Gardens Resort. A chalet-style church was built on U.S. Highway 27 north of Hamilton, and dedicated in 1972 as a mission church of Saint Anne's. In 1980, Sr. Rosemary Sullivan of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, was assigned to the mission as Pastoral Assistant, along with Franciscan Sisters Philomena Fogerty and Nancy Exconde. In 2002, Father Ronnie Madden, priest in residence, and his parishioners purchased an 18-acre site near Pine Mountain, GA on which to build a new church, parish hall, and religious education center.
On November 26, 2006, the Solemnity of Christ the King, then Bishop Kevin Boland officially established Christ the King as a parish within the Diocese of Savannah. He appointed Fr. Ronnie Madden as its first pastor, where Fr. Madden served until retiring in 2022. On November 20, 2022, the Solemnity of Christ the King, Fr. Brian O'Shaughnessy was installed as the parish's pastor by Bishop Stephen Parkes.