John Noble (bishop)

John Ashley Noble (born 30 March 1944) is a retired Australian Anglican bishop.

Noble was educated at St Francis Theological College, Brisbane and the University of Queensland.[1] He was ordained in 1968[2] and combined a career as a teacher with a ministry as a school chaplain until 1982. He then held incumbencies at St John’s Dalby[3] and St Barnabas’ Sunnybank.[4] From 1989 to 1993 he was a lecturer at St Francis' Theological College and then an assistant bishop[5] of the northern region of the Diocese of Brisbane. He became Bishop of North Queensland in 2002, a position he held until 2007.

References

  1. ↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  2. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  3. ↑ Church website
  4. ↑ Photo of church Archived 2010-10-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Anglican Archives Archived 2013-04-10 at the Wayback Machine.
Religious titles
Preceded by
Clyde Maurice Wood		 Bishop of North Queensland
2002 –2007		 Succeeded by
William James Ray



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