John Jobst, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German-born Australian Roman Catholic bishop
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Place of Birth: Brennberg, Bavaria, Germany
About John Jobst
- John Jobst, S.A.C.
- (German: Johannes Jobst; 4 February 1920 – 5 July 2014), was a German Pallottine and prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
- He was the last German bishop to have attended the Second Vatican Council. Jobst was born in Frankenberg, Germany and ordained a priest on 9 July 1950 for the Society of the Catholic Apostolate.
- He was appointed vicar apostolic of the Kimberleys on 13 January 1959 as well as titular bishop of Pitanae, and was consecrated on 19 March 1959.
- He was appointed to the newly created diocese of Broome and remained there until his retirement on 3 November 1995. Bishop Jobst was awarded the Order of the British Empire - Commander (Civil) in June 1981.He died on 5 July 2014 in Patsch, Austria, aged 94.
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