Joseph Brewer Jobberns

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(25 November 1868 – 22 July 1936) was a Scottish

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priest who was Dean of Brechin from 1931 until his death in 1936.

Life

Jobberns was born in

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, County Cork, to English parents Joseph Jobberns and Janet Brown. His father was a captain in the 39th Regiment of Foot. He was educated at

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and the

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. He earned his M.A. in 1890. He was

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curate in 1894. After a

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in Dundee he was Rector of Holy Rood Church,

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from 1896 to 1922. SCRAN
/ref> From 1923 he was the incumbent at St

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, Dundee. After a year of weakened health, Jobberns collapsed and died while at the altar during his service at St Mary Magdalene.

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* 1868 births People from Fermoy Alumni of the University of Aberdeen 19th-century Scottish Episcopalian priests 20th-century Scottish Episcopalian priests Deans of Brechin People associated with Dundee 1936 deaths Officers_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire {{UK-Anglican-clergy-stub