André-Théophile Mélizan

André-Théophile Mélizan (27 May 1844 – 27 June 1905) was a French Catholic missionary, priest and bishop, who served as the second Archbishop of Colombo, Ceylon from 1893 to 1905.

Biography André-Théophile Mélizan was born on 27 May 1844 in Marseille, France, son of M. Melizan, vice-consul of Italy. In 1862, he entered the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate as a novice and after completing his theological studies was ordained as a priest on 19 October 1868.

In 1875, he took charge of the mission of Kalpitya which included the church and pilgrimage site of St Anne at Thalawila where 20-30,000 pilgrims attended that year. His father sent him a large bell from France which he installed in St Anne's church. From 1879 to 1883, he served as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Jaffna, having been ordained Titular Bishop of Adrana in 1879.

In 1883, when Bonjean, Vicar-Apostolic of Jaffna was transferred to Colombo, he succeeded to that position, and in 1886, was elevated to Bishop as the first Bishop of Jaffna.