Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Austen Robin Crapp | |
Honorific-Suffix: | CBE OFM |
Bishop Emeritus of Aitape | |
Metropolis: | Madang |
Appointed: | 19 April 1999 |
Term End: | 5 March 2009 |
Predecessor: | Brian James Barnes |
Successor: | Otto Separy |
Ordination: | 21 July 1959 |
Consecration: | 11 July 1999 |
Consecrated By: | Benedict To Varpin |
Birth Date: | 1934 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Death Place: | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia |
Austen Robin Crapp CBE OFM (5 March 1934 – 6 March 2024) was an Australian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Crapp was ordained to the priesthood in 1959. He was appointed bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea, in 1999, serving until his retirement in 2009.[1]
Crapp was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to the Church in the 2006 Birthday Honours,[2] and in recognition of his service to the people of Papua New Guinea, especially after the 1998 tsunami.[3]
On 6 March 2024, the day after his 90th birthday, Crapp died at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick, Sydney.[1]