# John Jobst

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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type          = Bishop
| name          = John Jobst, [SAC](/source/Society_of_the_Catholic_Apostolate), [CBE](/source/CBE) 
| title         = Bishop Emeritus of [Diocese of Broome](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Broome)  
| image         = 
| alt           = 
| caption       = With [John Paul II](/source/John_Paul_II).
| church        = [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic)
| see           = [Diocese of Broome](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Broome)
| term          = 1966 - 1995
| predecessor   = None 
| successor     = [Christopher Saunders](/source/Christopher_Saunders)
| ordination    = 9 July 1950
| birth_name    = Johannes Jobst
| birth_date    = {{birth date|df=yes|1920|2|4}}
| birth_place   = {{ill|Frankenberg, Brennberg|lt=Frankenberg|de|Frankenberg (Brennberg)}}, [Weimar Republic](/source/Weimar_Republic)
| death_date    = {{death date and age|df=yes|2014|7|5|1920|2|4}}
| death_place   = [Patsch](/source/Patsch), [Austria](/source/Austria)
}}
'''John Jobst''', [SAC](/source/Society_of_the_Catholic_Apostolate), [CBE](/source/CBE) ([German](/source/German_language): '''Johannes Jobst'''; 4 February 1920 – 5 July 2014) was a German [Pallottine](/source/Pallottines) and [prelate](/source/prelate) of the [Roman Catholic Church](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church). He was the last German bishop to have attended the [Second Vatican Council](/source/Second_Vatican_Council).

Jobst was born in Frankenberg, Germany, and ordained a priest on 9 July 1950 for the [Society of the Catholic Apostolate](/source/Pallottines). 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](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Broome) on 7 June 1966 and remained there until his retirement on 3 November 1995.

Jobst was awarded the [Order of the British Empire](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) - Commander (Civil) in June 1981.<ref name="broome">[http://www.broomediocese.org/history.html Roman Catholic Diocese of Broome website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605234505/http://www.broomediocese.org/history.html |date=2010-06-05 }}; accessed 10 July 2014.</ref><ref name="profile"/>

He died on 5 July 2014 in [Patsch](/source/Patsch), [Austria](/source/Austria), aged 94.<ref name="profile">[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bjobst.html John Jobst profile], catholic-hierarchy.org; accessed 10 July 2014.</ref>

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