Frank Okell

Frank Jackson Okell (3 February 1887 – 7 October 1950.) was the inaugural Bishop of Stockport whose 11-month tenure from November 1949,[1] until October 1950,[2] was one of the shortest in the Anglican Communion.

He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Oxford.[3] Ordained in 1914 he was a curate at Bolsterstone before wartime service as a temporary chaplain. Following the Armistice he was a Minor Canon at Sheffield Cathedral then Rector of Bangor Monachorum.[4] A sideways move to Eccleston, Cheshire led to promotion to be Rural Dean of Malpas and finally, before his appointment to the episcopate, Archdeacon of Macclesfield. He was ordained and consecrated a bishop on All Saints' Day (1 November) at York Minster.[5]

References
  1. "Bishop Of Stockport (Official Appointments and Notices)", The Times (51467), p. 4 col F, 23 August 1949
  2. "Bishop Of Stockport Obituary", The Times (51817), p. 6 col G, 9 October 1950
  3. Who was Who" 1897-1990, A & C Black, 1991, ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. Church web-site
  5. "Church News: Personal". Church Times. No. 4524. 31 October 1949. p. 706. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 12 April 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.


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