Bishop Leo Rajendram Antony †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Apr 1927		Born
7 Dec 1954	27.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
3 Aug 1968	41.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
3 Aug 1968	41.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Fissiana
21 Nov 1968	41.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Fissiana
18 Dec 1972	45.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
15 Feb 1974	46.8	Succeeded	Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
17 Mar 1983	55.9	Resigned	Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
3 Dec 2012	85.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

MicroData Summary for Leo Rajendram Antony
(WikiData: Q422133)
Bishop Leo Rajendram Antony (born 18 Apr 1927, died 3 Dec 2012) Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa

Event Place
Birth Place Karamban
Ordained Bishop Open Air, near, Cathedral, Jaffna, Diocese of Jaffna

a priest for 57.9 years
a bishop for 44.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Pietro Sigismondi †
Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Pisidia
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Jaffna
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie, S.J. †
Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa
Bishop Frank Marcus Fernando †
Titular Bishop of Oliva

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. † (1949)
Bishop of Jaffna
Bishop Alfred-Jean Guyomard, O.M.I. † (1924)
Bishop of Jaffna
Archbishop Antoine Coudert, O.M.I. † (1898)
Archbishop of Colombo
Archbishop André-Théophile Mélizan, O.M.I. † (1880)
Archbishop of Colombo
Bishop Christophe-Ernest Bonjean, O.M.I. † (1868)
Titular Bishop of Medea
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Karamban
Ordained Bishop	Open Air, near, Cathedral, Jaffna, Diocese of Jaffna

Source(s):

d: CB, 3 Dec 2012
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 212, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 300

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