Diocese of Aitape

The Diocese of Aitape is a Latin Catholic suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Madang. It was established in 1952.

Bishops of Aitape

• Ignatius John Doggett, O.F.M. (1952 – 1969)
• William Kevin Rowell, O.F.M. (1969 – 1986)
• Brian James Barnes, O.F.M. (1987 – 1997), appointed Archbishop of Port Moresby
• Austen Robin Crapp, O.F.M. (1999 – 2009)
• Otto Separy (2009 – 2019)
• Siby Mathew Peedikayil, H.G.N. (2021 – present)

References

• SJ Duggan, In the Shadow of Somoro: the Franciscan experience in the Sepik 1946–1975, MA Thesis La Trobe University Australia, 1983
• SJ Duggan, Sandaun: A contribution to the study of education and development in the Sepik in the Sepik 1896–1988, Ph.D. Thesis, La Trobe University Australia, 1991