Jacob Lott

School: St. Joseph Seminary College
Home Parish: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Hattiesburg

Birthday: June 12

My name is Jacob Lott. I am a seminarian for the Diocese of Biloxi. I have just finished my Junior year at St. Joseph Seminary-College in Covington, LA. I was raised in rural Covington County, MS, near Collins and Seminary, MS. I attended Seminary High School, and went on to study History at USM in Hattiesburg where I was for two years. I was raised in the Baptist Church, but I discovered the Catholic Church through a friend in High School, and after a long period of research and prayer, I was received into the Catholic Church at St. Fabian Parish during my first semester at USM.  After that time I frequently attended Saint Fabian, Saint Thomas Aquinas, and Sacred Heart in Hattiesburg. 

Soon after I began discerning a call to the priesthood in the Diocese of Biloxi. I felt a higher call to service of both God and my neighbor, and after spending much time in prayer before Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, I applied and was accepted by Bishop Kihneman in May of 2021. I knocked and the door was opened. 

I have a great devotion to many saints, including St. Edward the Confessor and Bl. Karl of Austria,and I enjoy reading about the lives and histories of the saints. I am an active genealogist and researcher of local history, and a member of several historical and genealogical societies in South Mississippi. I enjoy gardening, when I am able, and traveling to historical places.