Frank Okell

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Frank Jackson Okell (3 February 1887 – 7 October 1950.) was the inaugural Bishop of Stockport whose 11-month tenure from November 1949,{{citation| title = Bishop Of Stockport (Official Appointments and Notices)|journal= The Times|date= 23 August 1949| issue =51467|at= p. 4 col F}} until October 1950,{{citation| title = Bishop Of Stockport Obituary| journal = The Times| date = 9 October 1950| issue = 51817| at= p. 6 col G}} was one of the shortest in the Anglican Communion.

He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Oxford.{{citation| title = Who was Who" 1897-1990| publisher= A & C Black| year= 1991| isbn= 0-7136-3457-X}} 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.[http://www.bangor-on-dee.co.uk/bangor_parish_1699/index.htm Church web-site] 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.{{Church Times | title = Church News: Personal | archive = 1949_10_21_706 | issue = 4524 | date = 31 October 1949 | page = 706 | accessed = 12 April 2017 }}