John Noble (bishop) explained

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, on 29 June 1993, he was consecrated a bishop, to serve as 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.

Notes and References

  1. [Who's Who]
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976
  3. http://www.anglicandalby.org.au/ Church website
  4. http://uqconnect.net/~zzrawill/sunnybank/community/churches/scc_angl.htm Photo of church
  5. http://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/HDMS-HTML/SPSES257.htm Anglican Archives