Sam Gallip Jacobs
Third bishop of the diocese of Houma-Thibodaux.
Third bishop of the diocese of Houma-Thibodaux.
Bishop Jacobs was born in Missouri but moved to Louisiana as a young child. ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Lafayette by Bishop Warren L. Boudreaux, he was incardinated into the diocese of Lake Charles after its creation.
On July 1, 1989, Pope John Paul II named Jacobs Bishop of the diocese of Alexandria, and he was consecrated bishop by Archbishop Francis Schulte of New Orleans.
In 2003 he was translated to the diocese of Houma-Thibadoux becoming the third bishop of the diocese.
He has served the Church in the United States as chairman of the NCCB’s office of Evangelization. He sits on the bishops committee on the laity; marriage; evangelization; Youth; and family life. Bishop Jacobs is also director of the national office of the Charismatic Renewal.
Bishop Jacobs' Apostolic succession:
+S. Jacobs cons. by ++F. Shulte::
++J.Card. Krol::
+ G. Card. Cicognani::
+ R.Car. Rossi::
+G.Car.de Lai::
+++St. Pius X.
On July 1, 1989, Pope John Paul II named Jacobs Bishop of the diocese of Alexandria, and he was consecrated bishop by Archbishop Francis Schulte of New Orleans.
In 2003 he was translated to the diocese of Houma-Thibadoux becoming the third bishop of the diocese.
He has served the Church in the United States as chairman of the NCCB’s office of Evangelization. He sits on the bishops committee on the laity; marriage; evangelization; Youth; and family life. Bishop Jacobs is also director of the national office of the Charismatic Renewal.
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Bishop Jacobs' Apostolic succession:
+S. Jacobs cons. by ++F. Shulte::
++J.Card. Krol::
+ G. Card. Cicognani::
+ R.Car. Rossi::
+G.Car.de Lai::
+++St. Pius X.
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