Richard Austin Kraft (3 June 1936 - 17 January 2001) was an American-born South African Anglican Bishop.

[3] He moved to South Africa, where his first post was as an Assistant Priest at St Alphege Church, in Pietermaritzburg.

In 1968 he was asked by Bishop Alpheus Zulu to be Director of Christian Education in the Diocese of Zululand.

He also pioneered the training of self-supporting clergy at the diocesan conference centre KwaNzimela, near Melmoth, inspired by the principles enunciated by Roland Allen.

In 1976 he was appointed Director of the Education Department of the Church of the Province of South Africa and then Dean of Pretoria.