Sam Jacobs (bishop)

Sam Gallip 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 the Diocese's immediate past Bishop, its third, from 2003 to 2013. Before his service there, he served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alexandria, Louisiana, from 1989 to 2003.

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 later named the third Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux on August 1, 2003, and was installed on October 10 of that year. Some have categorized Bishop Jacobs approach to the mass as charismatic.^[1]

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 Monday, September 23, 2013, Pope Francis appointed Auxiliary Bishop Shelton Fabre, of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans, as his successor as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, and accepted his resignation, having reached the age of 75 when all Catholic Bishops must offer to retire.^[2]

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Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux

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Episcopal succession

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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

Diocese of Houma–Thibodaux

Ordinaries	Bishops Warren Louis Boudreaux Charles Michael Jarrell Sam Jacobs Shelton Fabre

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales, Houma Co-Cathedral St. Joseph Co-Cathedral, Thibodaux Parish churches:

Education	Central Catholic High School, Morgan City Edward Douglas White Catholic High School, Thibodaux Vandebilt Catholic High School, Houma

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Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana

Ordinaries	Bishops of Natchitoches Augustus Marie Martin Francis Xavier Leray Anthony Durier Cornelius Van de Ven Bishops of Alexandria in Louisiana Cornelius Van de Ven Daniel Francis Desmond Charles Pasquale Greco Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves William Benedict Friend John Clement Favalora Sam Gallip Jacobs Ronald Paul Herzog

Churches	Cathedral St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Alexandria Parishes Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Natchitoches

Education	High schools Holy Savior Menard Central High School, Alexandria St. Joseph High School, Plaucheville St. Mary's High School, Natchitoches

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