- Noble C. Powell
Noble C.(Cilley) Powell (1891 in
Lowndesboro, Alabama - 1968, Baltimore, Md.), was a prominent leader in theEpiscopal Church in the United States of America .He was educated at the
University of Virginia and theVirginia Theological Seminary . From 1920 to 1931 he served as rector of St. Paul's Memorial Church, inCharlottesville, Virginia , and also ministered during that period to students at theUniversity of Virginia , who knew him as "Parson Powell." In 1931 he became rector of Emmanuel Church, Baltimore. He became dean of theWashington National Cathedral and warden of the College of Preachers in 1937. In 1941 he was electedbishop coadjutor of Maryland and succeededEdward T. Helfenstein as diocesan in 1943, serving as bishop of Maryland until 1963, when he was succeeded byHarry Lee Doll . Bishop Powell was married to Mary Rustin Powell. They had two sons, Philip and Thomas.References
* David Hein, "Noble Powell and the Episcopal Establishment in the Twentieth Century." Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2001 (hardcover) [ISBN 0-252-02643-8] ; Eugene, Ore.: Wipf & Stock, 2007 (paperback) [ISBN 1-556-35394-4] .
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