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
Additional sources
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