Thomas Lawrence Noa

Thomas Lawrence Noa (December 18, 1892 – March 13, 1977) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Noa then entered the College of the Propaganda in Rome, where he earned a Doctor of Sacred Theology degree in 1917.

[1][3] Noa was ordained to the priesthood in Rome by Cardinal Basilio Pompili on December 23, 1916.

[2] Following his return to Michigan in 1917, he was appointed to the faculty of St. Joseph Seminary in Grand Rapids as a professor.

[2] He received his episcopal consecration on March 19, 1946, from Cardinal Edward Mooney, with Bishops Charles Daniel White and Joseph H. Albers serving as co-consecrators.