About Holy Trinity · Leakesville, Mississippi
Holy Trinity is a small Catholic mission church located at 911 Jackson Avenue in Leakesville, Mississippi, the county seat of Greene County in the rural southeastern part of the state. It is classified as a mission of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Laurel, within the Diocese of Biloxi, and shares an online presence with sister parishes St. Francis Xavier and St. Louis on the stfxstl.org website. The mission gathers the small Catholic faithful of Leakesville and surrounding Greene County for weekly Sunday Mass, offering a quiet sacramental anchor for Catholics in this rural South Mississippi community.
- Patron
- Holy Trinity (the Most Holy Trinity)
- Rector
- Fr. Michael Marascalco
- Diocese
- Diocese of Biloxi
Why belong here
Holy Trinity Mission offers Catholics in Greene County, Mississippi, a regular weekly Sunday Mass and a connection to the wider Diocese of Biloxi, even though it is a small rural mission rather than a full parish. As a mission of Immaculate Conception Parish in Laurel, it is supported by a priest who shepherds the broader cluster of parishes served through the stfxstl.org website, giving the small Leakesville community a reliable sacramental presence in an area with very few Catholic churches.
Mass times at Holy Trinity
Weekly Mass schedule
Holy Trinity Mission, Leakesville
Holy Trinity is a Catholic mission church at 911 Jackson Avenue in Leakesville, Mississippi. It is part of the Diocese of Biloxi and is administered as a mission of Immaculate Conception Parish in Laurel. The mission shares its website with sister parishes St. Francis Xavier and St. Louis, all served through the stfxstl.org site.
Pastoral Leadership
The mission is currently served by Fr. Michael Marascalco, who is also the pastor of the parish cluster presented on stfxstl.org. He can be reached at the parish office number (601) 528-1393 or by email at [email protected].
- Current pastor: Fr. Michael Marascalco
- Contact: (601) 528-1393 / [email protected]
- Former pastor: Msgr. Michael Thornton (d. 2023)
History and Heritage
While the mission's founding date is not publicly documented online, its pastoral history is partly known through the Diocese of Biloxi's Gulf Pine Catholic newspaper, which records that the late Msgr. Michael Thornton — an Irish-born priest ordained in 1969 — once served Holy Trinity Mission in Leakesville alongside several other parishes in the diocese. The mission continues today as a small but steady Catholic presence in Greene County.
- Former pastor Msgr. Michael Thornton served the mission in addition to Immaculate Conception (Laurel), Sacred Heart (Pascagoula), and St. Bernadette (Waynesboro).
- The mission remains under the Diocese of Biloxi and is administered from Immaculate Conception, Laurel.
Parish Cluster & Diocese
Holy Trinity Mission is administered as part of a parish cluster that shares the stfxstl.org website with St. Francis Xavier and St. Louis parishes. The cluster is part of the Diocese of Biloxi, whose pastoral assignments and diocesan-wide news are published in the Gulf Pine Catholic.
- Parent parish: Immaculate Conception, Laurel
- Website cluster: stfxstl.org (with St. Francis Xavier and St. Louis)
- Diocese: Biloxi (Diocese of Biloxi)
Visit & Contact
Visitors and parishioners can find Holy Trinity Mission at 911 Jackson Avenue, Leakesville, MS 39451. For the most up-to-date Mass and service information, the parish office asks callers to phone (601) 528-1393, and the pastor can also be reached by email at [email protected].
- Address: 911 Jackson Avenue, Leakesville, MS 39451
- Phone: (601) 528-1393
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: stfxstl.org
Pastors & rectors through the years
- Msgr. Michael Thornton
Native of Headford, County Galway, Ireland; ordained 1969 for Diocese of Natchez-Jackson; served Holy Trinity Mission along with Immaculate Conception (Laurel), Sacred Heart (Pascagoula), and St. Bernadette (Waynesboro); died 2023.
- Fr. Michael Marascalco
Current pastor; ordained 2012; serves the parish cluster via stfxstl.org.