Joseph Brewer Jobberns

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(25 November 1868 – 22 July 1936) was a Scottish Episcopal priest who was Dean of Brechin from 1931 until his death in 1936. Jobberns was born in Fermoy, County Cork, to English parents Joseph Jobberns and Janet Brown. His father was a captain in the

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. He was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and the University of Aberdeen. He earned his M.A. in 1890. He was ordained curate in 1894. After a curacy in

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he was

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of Holy Rood Church, Carnoustie from 1896–1922. SCRAN
/ref> From 1923 he was the incumbent at St

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. 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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* Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Scottish Episcopalian clergy Deans of Brechin People associated with Dundee 1868 births 1936 deaths People from Fermoy {{Christian-clergy-stub