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.
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 1871, he was transferred to the mission at Mullaitivu where he spent three years before he returned to Jaffna where he organised printing of Catholic publications.
[1][2] 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.
From 1879 to 1883, he served as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Jaffna, having been ordained Titular Bishop of Adrana in 1879.