Leo Rajendram Antony

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

He studied at St Patrick's College, Jaffna, for nearly nine years (1940–1948). He was ordained as 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 as 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 the auxiliary bishop of Jaffna in 1968.{{Cite book |title=St Patrick's College Jaffna, 150th Anniversary Jubilee Souvenir |publisher=St Patrick's College, Jaffna |year=2000 |location=Jaffna |page=56 |language=English}}

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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