Sam Jacobs (bishop)
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Sam Gallip Jacobs |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Houma–Thibodaux | |
| Archdiocese | New Orleans |
| Diocese | Houma–Thibodaux |
| Appointed | August 1, 2003 |
| Installed | October 10, 2003 |
| Term ended | September 23, 2013 |
| Predecessor | Charles Michael Jarrell |
| Successor | Shelton Fabre |
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| Ordination | June 6, 1964 |
| Consecration | August 24, 1989 by Francis B. Schulte, Warren Louis Boudreaux, and Jude Speyrer |
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| Born |
March 4, 1938 Greenwood, Mississippi |
| Previous post | Bishop of Alexandria |
| Motto | Jesus is Lord |
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Styles of Sam Gallip Jacobs |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | 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 its third bishop from 2003 to 2013. Before that, he served as Bishop of the Alexandria, Louisiana, from 1989 to 2003.
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.
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