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