Mark Nye (1909–1993) was an Anglican bishop and political prisoner in South Africa during the apartheid era.
Nye attended the Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood in London after which he went up to St. John's College, Oxford, where he was awarded the Andrew Scholarship 11 June 1928[citation needed].
Nye moved to South Africa and served as rector in three parishes in the Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman in the period 1937 to 1951.
[4] Nye's parents were Charles and Florence, his siblings were Margaret, David, Noelle, Mark, Rene, and Niel.
Nye married Gabrielle Jacqueline Wanner on 26 April 1954 and they had four children David, Pierre, Claire, Judith.