| Type: | Auxiliary Bishop |
| Profession: | Catholic Priest Educationist Rector |
| Residence: | Archbishop's House Colombo |
| Religion: | Roman Catholicism |
| Nationality: | Sri Lankan |
| Birth Place: | Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
| Birth Date: | September 23, 1966 |
| Consecrated By: | Malcolm Ranjith |
| Honorific Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
| Ordination: | September 16, 2000 |
| Appointed: | July 13, 2020 |
| See: | Titular Bishop of Materiana |
| Metropolis: | Colombo |
| Province: | Western |
| Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Colombo |
| Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo | |
| Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam | |
| Education: | St. Francis Xavier Major Seminary, Jaffna National Seminary, Kandy |
Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam, also known as Anton Ranjith, was born on September 23, 1966, in Jaffna. As of July 13, 2020, he is serving as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Colombo. He has also been serving as the director of Tamil Theologate since 2009 and as the Rector of St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa since 2019.[1]
He pursued his primary and secondary education at St. Benedict's College, Colombo in 1973 in Colombo and at St. Patrick's College from 1974 onwards. He studied philosophy at the St. Francis Xavier Major Seminary in Jaffna and studied theology at the National Seminary of Kandy. He obtained his bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Jaffna. He also received his master's degree in education from the University of Middlesex and Master's degree in philosophy from the University of Jaffna.[2]
He was ordained a priest on September 16, 2000, in the Cathedral of St. Lucia, Colombo.[3] On July 13, 2020, he was appointed the new Auxiliary Bishop in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo by Pope Francis.[4] [5] [6]