Sam Jacobs (bishop)

Sam Galip Jacobs (born March 4, 1938) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, having served as its third bishop from 2003 to 2013. Before that, he served as Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, from 1989 to 2003.

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Sam Galip Jacobs
Bishop Emeritus of Houma–Thibodaux
Bishop Jacobs at the 2019 Steubenville Power and Purpose Conference
ArchdioceseNew Orleans
DioceseHouma–Thibodaux
AppointedAugust 1, 2003
InstalledOctober 10, 2003
Term endedSeptember 23, 2013
PredecessorCharles Michael Jarrell
SuccessorShelton Fabre
Orders
OrdinationJune 6, 1964
ConsecrationAugust 24, 1989
by Francis B. Schulte, Warren Louis Boudreaux, and Jude Speyrer
Personal details
Born (1938-03-04) March 4, 1938
Greenwood, Mississippi
Previous postBishop of Alexandria
MottoJesus is Lord
Styles of
Sam Galip Jacobs
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Biography

Jacobs was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, but raised in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He studied at Immaculata Seminary in Lafayette from 1951 to 1957, and at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. from 1957 to 1964. On June 6, 1964, he was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Lafayette by Bishop Warren L. Boudreaux. Jacobs served as pastor, chaplain, and associate pastor of several parishes in the Diocese of Lafayette and the Diocese of Lake Charles. He has served as chairman of the National Service Committee for the Charismatic Renewal and Diocesan Director of Vocations and Seminarians for the Diocese of Lake Charles.

On July 1, 1989, Jacobs was appointed the tenth Bishop of Alexandria by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following August 24 from Archbishop Francis Schulte, with Bishops Boudreaux and Jude Speyrer serving as co-consecrators.

Jacobs was named the third Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux on August 1, 2003, and was installed on October 10 of that year.

Within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, he was chairman of the Committee for Evangelization (2005-2007), and is currently a member of the Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth and the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis.

On September 23, 2013, Pope Francis appointed Auxiliary Bishop Shelton Fabre of New Orleans as his successor and accepted his resignation.[1]

See also

References
  1. http://attualita.vatican.va/sala-stampa/bollettino/2013/09/23/news/31735.html%5B%5D

Episcopal succession
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Charles Michael Jarrell		 Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux
2003–2013		 Succeeded by
Shelton Fabre
Preceded by
John Clement Favalora		 Bishop of Alexandria
1989–2003		 Succeeded by
Ronald Paul Herzog
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