Frank Oswald Thorne CBE MC[1] (21 May 1892 – 18 September 1981)[2] was an Anglican[3] colonial bishop[4] in Africa[5] the mid 20th century.[6]
He was educated at St Paul’s and Christ Church, Oxford. After World War I service[7] with the Manchester Regiment he was ordained in 1922. His first post was as a curate at All Souls, Clapton Park. In 1925 he joined UMCA and became the first Warden of St Cyprian’s Theological College, Tunduru in the Diocese of Masasi. From 1936[8] to 1961 he was Bishop of Nyasaland. He became a Doctor of Divinity (DD).[9]
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- ↑ Christies
- ↑ Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ↑ "National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives". http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/Archives/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=NaviTree.tcl&dsqField=RefNo&dsqItem=Bell%2F184-368%2F187%2F191.
- ↑ National Archives
- ↑ Library of Congress
- ↑ "DACB". http://www.dacb.org/stories/malawi/chipembere2_habil.html.
- ↑ London Gazette
- ↑ Ecclesiastical News Triple Consecration In St. Paul's The Times Tuesday, Feb 25, 1936; pg. 17; Issue 47307; col E
- ↑ Obituary Rt Rev F. O. Thorne The Times Wednesday, Sep 23, 1981; pg. 14; Issue 61040; col G
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