Victor Dobbin, CB,

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, QHC (born 12 March 1943) is a retired minister of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Born in 1943,''Who's Who'' (2008): London, A&C Black, 2008; he was educated at

Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

(MA) and

Queen's University Belfast , mottoeng = For so much, what shall we give back? , top_free_label = , top_free = , top_free_label1 = , top_free1 = , top_free_label2 = , top_free2 = , established = , closed = , type = Public research university , parent = ...

(MTh, PhD). He was Assistant Minister at Rosemary Presbyterian Church,

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...

(1970–72), when he joined the

Royal Army Chaplains Department The Royal Army Chaplains' Department (RAChD) is an all-officer department that provides ordained clergy to minister to the British Army. History The Army Chaplains' Department (AChD) was formed by Royal Warrant of 23 September 1796; until the ...

rising in time to be its Chaplain-General (1995–2000). He was deputy warden of the RAChD Centre (1982–86), senior chaplain 3rd Armoured Division 1986–89, staff chaplain

British Army of the Rhine There have been two formations named British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). Both were originally occupation forces in Germany, one after the First World War and the other after the Second World War. Both formations had areas of responsibility located a ...

(1989–91), Assistant Chaplain-General Southern District (1991–95), Chaplain-General (1995–2000); director Leadership and Ethics Centre (2002–12). He was awarded the Churchill Fellowship (in 2000) and awarded an honorary

Doctor of Divinity A Doctor of Divinity (D.D. or DDiv; la, Doctor Divinitatis) is the holder of an advanced academic degree in divinity. In the United Kingdom, it is considered an advanced doctoral degree. At the University of Oxford, doctors of divinity are ran ...

from the Presbyterian Theological Faculty in Ireland (in 1995). An

Honorary Chaplain to the Queen An Honorary Chaplain to the King (KHC) is a member of the clergy within the United Kingdom who, through long and distinguished service, is appointed to minister to the monarch of the United Kingdom. When the reigning monarch is female, Honorary Ch ...

, he retired in 2000.

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1943 births Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Alumni of Queen's University Belfast Chaplains General to the Forces Companions of the Order of the Bath Honorary Chaplains to the King Members of the Order of the British Empire Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Presbyterian ministers from Northern Ireland 21st-century Presbyterian ministers from Northern Ireland Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers {{Christianity-bio-stub