Martin Crane OSA, DD (11 October 1818 – 21 October 1901),[2] an Irish-born Australian suffragan bishop, was the first Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Sandhurst, serving between 1874 until his death in office in 1901.
[2] Crane received his early education at Wexford and joined the Augustinian order at Grantstown and completed his ministerial studies in Rome.
Crane was ordained a priest at Perugia, Italy on 12 April 1841 at age 22.
He was consecrated bishop in St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin on 21 September 1874.
He greatly expanded the Diocese of Sandhurst in Victoria, increasing the number of resident priests and building new schools and churches.