Leo Rajendram Antony (18 April 1927 − 3 December 2012) was a Sri Lankan

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bishop. He studied at

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, for nearly nine years (1940–1948). He was ordained a priest in 1954 and served at the Nallur Mission and then was selected to serve the bishop of Trinco/Batticolo as his secretary. Later he returned to Jaffna and was appointed a director of the Rosarian Ashram in Thologatty. In 1966, he was appointed to the cathedral as a pastor and from there was chosen to be auxiliary bishop of Jaffna in 1968. He was appointed Co-adjutor Bishop of Trinco-Batticolo in December 1972 and succeeded his bishop at Batticolo in 1974. Due to ill health he retired in 1983.

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1927 births 2012 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Sri Lanka Alumni of St. Patrick's College, Jaffna Roman Catholic bishops of Trincomalee {{Asia-RC-bishop-stub