Frank Okell

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The Rt Rev.Frank Jackson Okell 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.

Born on 3 February 1887 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 elevation to the Episcopate, Archdeacon of Macclesfield. He died on 7 October 1950.

Notes

↑ "Bishop Of Stockport (Official Appointments and Notices)", The Times (51467), 23 August 1949, p. 4 col F
↑ "Bishop Of Stockport Obituary", The Times (51817), 9 October 1950, p. 6 col G
↑ Who was Who" 1897-1990, A & C Black, 1991, ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ Church web-site

Church of England titles
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Bishop of Stockport 1949 – 1950	Succeeded by David Henry Saunders-Davies

v t e Bishops of Stockport

Frank Okell David Saunders-Davies Gordon Strutt Frank Sargeant Geoffrey Turner Nigel Stock Robert Atwell

v t e Archdeacons of Macclesfield

James Kelly Arthur Gore Maxwell Woosnam Maitland Wood Edward Mercer John Thorpe John Armitstead Frank Okell Tyler Whittle Thomas Clarke Harry Saunders Francis House Rennie Simpson John Gaisford Richard Gillings Ian Bishop

Persondata
Name	Okell, Frank Jackson
Alternative names
Short description	British bishop
Date of birth	1887
Place of birth
Date of death	1950
Place of death

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