Sam Jacobs (bishop)
Sam Galip 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 |
Orders | |
Ordination | June 6, 1964 |
Consecration | August 24, 1989 by Francis B. Schulte, Warren Louis Boudreaux, and Jude Speyrer |
Personal details | |
Born | Greenwood, Mississippi | March 4, 1938
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Alexandria |
Motto | Jesus is Lord |
Styles of Sam Galip Jacobs | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | 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.
Jacobs served as the Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, from 1989 to 2003.
Biography[]
Early years[]
Jacobs was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, but raised in Lake Charles, Louisiana. In 1951, he entered Immaculata Seminary in Lafayette, Louisiana, graduating in 1957. Jacobs then entered the Catholic University of America as a Basselin scholar graduating with a degree in theology in 1964. [1][2]
After graduation from college, Jacobs 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.[1][2]
On June 6, 1964, Jacobs was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Lafayette by Bishop Warren L. Boudreaux.[2] Jacobs served as pastor, chaplain, and associate pastor of several parishes in the Diocese of Lafayette and the Diocese of Lake Charles.
Bishop of Alexandria[]
On July 1, 1989, Pope John Paul II appointed Jacobs as the tenth Bishop of Alexandria. He received his episcopal consecration on August 24 at the Rapides Parish Coliseum from Archbishop Francis Schulte, with Bishops Boudreaux and Jude Speyrer serving as co-consecrators.[1]
After becoming bishop, Jacobs held town meeting in every parish in the diocese to meet parishioners and hear their concerns. Under Jacobs, the diocese inaugurated the Steubenville South Youth Conference and constructed a new youth center at the Maryhill Renewal Center in Alexandria, Louisiana, to accommodate youth retreats.[2]
A 2002 article by the Dallas Morning News revealed that in 1998 Jacobs received an allegation of fondling against John Andries, a parish priest in Natchitoches Parish. Jacobs suspended Andries and removed him from his parish. However, after Andries received counseling and testing, Jacobs returned him to the same parish. Jacobs did not notify authorities about the accusation. [3]
In 2002, Andries was charged with touching and masturbating onto a sleeping boy at the family's house in Abbeville, Louisiana. The boy's family sued Jacobs and the diocese [4][3]
Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux[]
On August 1, 2003, Jacobs was named the third Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux and was installed on October 10 of that year.[1]
Within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, he was chairman of the Committee for Evangelization (2005-2007), and was a member of the Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth and the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis.[1]
On September 23, 2013, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Jacobs and appointed Auxiliary Bishop Shelton Fabre as the new bishop of Houma-Thibodaux .[5]
See also[]
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- List of Catholic bishops of the United States
- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "Bishop Emeritus Sam G. Jacobs". Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
- ^ a b c d "Bishop Sam Gallip Jacobs, 10th Bishop of Alexandria – Diocese of Alexandria". Retrieved 2021-11-11.
- ^ a b "Priest Pleads Guilty Andries Faces up to 10 Years in Prison, by Louisiana Gannett, Daily Town Talk, May 3, 2003". www.bishop-accountability.org. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
- ^ "Two-thirds of bishops let accused priests work, Morning News investigation revealed in 2002". Dallas News. 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
- ^ http://attualita.vatican.va/sala-stampa/bollettino/2013/09/23/news/31735.html[permanent dead link]
External links[]
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Houma–Thibodaux Official Site
- Committee for Evangelization
- Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth
- Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis
Episcopal succession[]
- 1938 births
- Roman Catholic bishops of Alexandria
- Living people
- Catholic University of America alumni
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
- 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
- Religious leaders from Mississippi