The Rt Rev

Right Reverend

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  Frank Oswald Thorne, CBE

Order of the British Empire

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, MC

Military Cross

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, DD

Doctor of Divinity

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 was an Anglican Bishop

Bishop

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 in Africa the mid 20th century.
Born on 21 May 1892, he was educated at St Paul’s and Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church, Oxford

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. After World War I

World War I

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 service with the Manchester Regiment he was ordained in 1922. His first post was as a curate

Curate

A curate is a person who is invested with the care or cure of souls of a parish. In this sense "curate" correctly means a parish priest but in English-speaking countries a curate is an assistant to the parish priest...

 at All Souls, Clapton Park. In 1925 he joined UMCA and became the first Warden

Warden (college)

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 of St Cyprian’s Theological College, Tunduru

Tunduru

Tunduru is one of the 5 districts of the Ruvuma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Lindi Region, to the East by the Mtwara Region, to the South by Mozambique and to the West by the Namtumbo District....

 in the Diocese of Masasi

Anglican Diocese of Masasi

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. From 1936 to 1961 he was Bishop

Bishop

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 of Nyasaland

Nyasaland

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. He died on 18 September 1981.