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Feb 03, 1887 Died on 07 Oct 1950 (aged 63)
Bishop of Stockport; British Anglican bishop
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About Frank Okell
- Frank Jackson Okell (3 February 1887 – 7 October 1950.) was the inaugural Bishop of Stockport whose 11-month tenure from November 1949, until October 1950, was one of the shortest in the Anglican Communion. He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Oxford.
- 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.
- 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.
