About Frank Thorne
Lived 1892 – 1981 (aged 89). Frank Thorne was an anglican priest.
Frank Oswald Thorne (21 May 1892 – 18 September 1981) was an Anglican colonial bishop in Africa the mid 20th century.
He was educated at St Paul's and Christ Church, Oxford. After World War I service 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 to 1961 he was Bishop of Nyasaland. He became a Doctor of Divinity (DD).
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Who was Frank Thorne?
Bishop of Nyasaland; British Anglican bishop
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Frank Thorne was born on 21 May 1892.
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Frank Thorne died on 18 September 1981.
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Frank Thorne was an anglican priest.
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