Franklin Sellers

Franklin Henry Sellers (1926 – January 17, 2016) was an American Reformed Episcopalian bishop.

He served in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II, then enrolled in the Reformed Episcopal Seminary.

[1][2] He was called as rector of St. Andrew's Church, then located on the South Side of Chicago, and was ordained as a deacon in December 1950 and as a presbyter the following year.

[1] In 1974, Sellers was elected and consecrated bishop of the Synod of Chicago, a seat that had been vacant for nearly 20 years and filled on an interim basis by the presiding bishop of the REC.

[4] He remained as bishop ordinary until 1996, when the Synod of Chicago and Special Jurisdiction of North America were merged into the Diocese of Mid-America.