page_title: Joachim Vobbe
hierarchical_section_title: Joachim Vobbe
caption_attribution_description: English: Joachim Vobbe, at the election of Ring to the position of Diocesan Bishop of the Old Catholic Diocese in Germany.
context_page_description: Joachim Gerhard Vobbe was a German bishop for the Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany. He was born in Bad Honnef, Germany.
  Vobbe was ordained a priest on 14 June 1972. After serving as a chaplain for five years in Catholic parishes in Cologne and Düsseldorf, he joined the Old Catholic Church in 1977, becoming rector in Blumberg until 1982. He then served in Offenbach, latterly as Dean of Hesse.
  Vobbe served as the Bishop of the Old Catholics in Germany 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.
  Vobbe died at Königswinter on 26 July 2017 of prostate cancer at the age of 70.
context_section_description: Joachim Gerhard Vobbe (January 5, 1947 – July 26, 2017) was a German bishop for the Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany. He was born in Bad Honnef, Germany.
  Vobbe was ordained a priest on 14 June 1972. After serving as a chaplain (Kaplan) for five years in Catholic parishes in Cologne (1972–1974) and Düsseldorf (1974–1977), he joined the Old Catholic Church in 1977, becoming rector in Blumberg until 1982. He then served in Offenbach, latterly as Dean of Hesse.
  Vobbe served 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.
  Vobbe died at Königswinter on 26 July 2017 of prostate cancer at the age of 70.
caption: Vobbe in November 2009
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