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The Late Bishop Leo Nanayakkara It was the year 1958 when the Rt. Revd. Dr. Dom Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. was ordained Bishop of Kandy at the College Grounds. It came as a triumph to  St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota because he was one who had been closely associated with the school. Bishop Leo spent the full period of his priesthood at St.Anthony’s. During almost the whole of this period, he was in charge of the Rainbow Cottages, the bewildering cluster of buildings, which housed the younger boarders of the College before they graduated into the Intermediate Section, The Mansion. Here he played a triple role in one-as-Father, Mother, Nursemaid all rolled into one. He had to see that the little boys were fed and washed and carefully looked after. ...