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]