The Rev. Noah Van Niel is the Rector of Christ & St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Norfolk, VA. Fr. Noah graduated from Harvard College where he played fullback on the Crimson’s Ivy League champion football team and majored in English Literature. He received his Masters of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School. Before answering his call to ordained ministry, he trained and worked as an opera singer in Philadelphia.

Prior to coming to Christ & St. Luke’s, Fr. Noah served as the Associate Rector at the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill, NC. Previously he served As the Curate and Assistant Rector at St. John the Evangelist in Hingham, MA and trained at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Newton, MA (where he had been raised in the faith), St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Cambridge, MA, and Christ Church in the City of Boston (Old North). He also spent time on staff at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Philadelphia.