Joachim Gerhard Vobbe[1] (5 January 1947[2] – 26 July 2017) was a bishop of the Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany.

Vobbe was ordained a priest on 14 June 1972; he married and has two sons.

[2] After serving as a chaplain (Kaplan) for five years in Catholic parishes in Cologne (1972–1974) and Düsseldorf (1974–1977),[1] he joined the Old Catholic Church in 1977,[2] becoming rector in Blumberg until 1982.

[1] He then served in Offenbach, latterly as Dean of Hesse.

[2] In 1994, the 52nd Ordinary Diocesan Synod elected him to become their ninth diocesan bishop, succeeding Sigisbert Kraft.