Noble Cilley Powell (October 27, 1891 – November 28, 1968), was a prominent leader in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, who served as the ninth Bishop of Maryland.

He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity in 1930 by Virginia Theological, another by Sewanee: The University of the South in 1942 and another from Washington College in 1957.

[1] Powell was ordained deacon in 1920, and priest on January 9, 1921, by Bishop William Cabell Brown of Virginia.

[2] He then succeeded Edward T. Helfenstein as diocesan in 1943, and was installed in the Cathedral of the Incarnation on November 21, 1943.

[3] He served as bishop of Maryland until 1963, when he was succeeded by Harry Lee Doll.