Brian Michael Noble (11 April 1936 – 21 October 2019) was an
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who served in the
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Lancashire
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, Brian Michael Noble studied for the priesthood at
Ushaw College
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and was
ordained
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to the priesthood on 11 May 1960.
He was first appointed assistant priest at St Ignatius’ Church in Preston between 1960 and 1968 after which he served at Our Lady and St Patrick's, Maryport, Cumbria, between 1968 and 1972. From 1972 to 1980 he served as chaplain at
University of Lancaster
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and priest-in-charge of St Joseph's in Galgate.
In 1980 he took up an appointment on the staff of the Pontificio Collegio Beda
Beda College
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in Rome, where he taught Pastoral Studies and Liturgy. On his return from Rome in 1987, he took up an appointment as Parish Priest at St Benedict's Parish in Whitehaven, Cumbria. and served as a priest in the
Diocese of Lancaster
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Episcopal ministry
On 23 June 1995, he was appointed
Roman Catholic Bishop of Shrewsbury
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serving as the
Principal Consecrator
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Bishop of Salford
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(later
Archbishop of Liverpool
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Roman Catholic Bishop of Lancaster
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Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales
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Noble died on 21 October 2019, at the age of 83.