Joachim Gerhard Vobbe[1] (5 January 1947[2] – 26 July 2017) was a bishop of the Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany.

Joachim Vobbe
Bishop of the Old Catholics in Germany
DioceseCatholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany
In office1995–2009
PredecessorSigisbert Kraft
SuccessorMatthias Ring
Other post(s)Honorary assistant bishop, CofE Diocese in Europe (1995–2017)
Orders
Ordination1972
Consecration1995
Personal details
Born(1947-01-05)5 January 1947
Died26 July 2017(2017-07-26) (aged 70)
Königswinter
NationalityGerman
DenominationOld Catholic
Spousemarried
ChildrenTwo sons

Church career

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Vobbe was ordained a priest on 14 June 1972; he married and has two sons.[2] After serving as a chaplain (Kaplan) for five years in Catholic parishes in Cologne (1972–1974) and Düsseldorf (1974–1977),[1] he joined the Old Catholic Church in 1977,[2] becoming rector in Blumberg until 1982.[1] He then served in Offenbach, latterly as Dean of Hesse.[2]

In 1994, the 52nd Ordinary Diocesan Synod elected him to become their ninth diocesan bishop, succeeding Sigisbert Kraft.[2] He was consecrated a bishop on 24 March 1995, serving as the Bishop of the Old Catholics in Germany (based in Bonn) until 2009. As bishop of a church in full communion with the Church of England, he has been licensed as an honorary assistant bishop in that church's Diocese in Europe since 1999.[1] He died at Königswinter on 26 July 2017.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Joachim Gerhard Vobbe". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e Alt-Katholisch — Bischof emeritus Archived 2018-08-31 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 21 December 2016)