# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-jacobs
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:36:12.986Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-jacobs"
name: "Sam Jacobs"
slug: "sam-jacobs"
description: "Sam Galip Jacobs is an American Catholic retired prelate who served as bishop of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana from 2003 to 2013. He previously served as bishop of Alexandria in Louisiana from 1989 to 2003."
tagline: "Catholic bishop"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_Jacobs.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1938-03-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.02
  momentum:             18.06748466257669
  historical:           6.341001333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Jacobs"
    title: "Sam Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "سام جاكوبس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B3_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89)"
    title: "سام جاكوبس (كاهن كاثوليكى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Jacobs"
    title: "Sam Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Jacobs_(bishop)"
    title: "Sam Jacobs (bishop)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Gallip_Jacobs"
    title: "Sam Gallip Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Jacobs_(uskup)"
    title: "Sam Jacobs (uskup)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q542457"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump