Anthony Raymond Ceresko

Mother: Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Tyrie Ceresko

Anthony Raymond Ceresko (1942–2005) was an Old Testament scholar.

Ceresko was born in Detroit, Michigan on 20 August 1942. After completing studies at the local Salesian High School in Detroit, Ceresko entered the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales in Childs, Maryland and was professed on 21 August 1962.

He studied at the Niagara University, Lewiston in North America and graduated in 1967. Ceresko was later sent to The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. in 1970 where he studied Bachelor of Sacred Theology (STB) and Licentiate of Sacred Theology (STL).

Ceresko obtained a doctorate from the Pontifical Biblical Institute. His thesis was Job 29:31 in the light of Northwest Semitic - A Translation and Philological Commentary.

Ceresko first taught at the SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Orchard Lake, Michigan. He later moved to Canada and was Professor of Scripture at University of St. Michael's College, Toronto.

In 1991, Ceresko moved to India and was Professor of Old Testament at St. Peter's Pontifical Seminary, Bengaluru.