Anthony Randazzo

Anthony Randazzo (born 7 October 1966) is an Australian Catholic prelate who is the prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts.

From 2019 to 2026, he was the bishop ordinary of the Diocese of Broken Bay in New South Wales. Between 2023 and 2026 he was also apostolic administrator of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross. He was an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Sydney from 2016 to 2019.

Early life Anthony Randazzo was born on 7 October 1966 in Sydney, the only son and the third of four children born to Sydney-born Colin Randazzo and his wife Caterina Di Losa from Lipari, Italy. Randazzo attended Saint Augustine's School in Coolangatta in 1972/73 and then two schools in Southport, Guardian Angels School from 1973 to 1975 and Aquinas College from 1976 to 1983.

Priesthood Randazzo entered Pius XII Seminary, Banyo, in 1985 and earned his Bachelor of Theology degree in 1991. He served as a deacon at All Saints Parish in Albany Creek. He was ordained a priest on 29 November 1991 at the Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane, by Archbishop Francis Roberts Rush. From 1992 to 1994, he was a curate at Saint Mary's Parish in Ipswich. From 1995 to 1997 he was the master of ceremonies at the cathedral in Brisbane. From 1998 to 2001, Randazzo studied canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University, earning a licentiate in canon law in 2000 and a diploma in law in 2001. He received his episcopal consecration from Archbishop Anthony Fisher and was installed at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, on 24 August 2016.

Pope Francis named him Bishop of Broken Bay on 7 October 2019. He was installed there on 4 November 2019.

In February 2023, Randazzo was elected to a four-year term as president of the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania at the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific.

On 21 April 2023, he was named apostolic administrator of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, effective 1 July 2023. He was replaced in that position on 13 May 2026.

On 25 March 2026, Pope Leo XIV named Randazzo as the prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts and gave him the title of Archbishop. Randazzo remained in Australia for three months whilst serving as apostolic administrator of Broken Bay.