Antoine Coudert OMI (17 March 1861 – 31 March 1929) was a French Catholic missionary who served as Archbishop of Colombo, Ceylon, from 1905 to 1929.

Coudert was born on 17 March 1861 in Manglieu, France.

He was educated at Billom College, and attended the seminary of Cleremont-Ferrand where he was ordained a priest of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate on 10 April 1886.

[1][2] In 1886, Coudert was sent to Ceylon as a missionary priest, and took charge of various missions including, in succession, those at Ampalangoda, Beruwela, Kotahena and Vernapurai.

At the time of his succession there were 97 missionaries, including 90 Oblate Fathers, and 206,000, mostly Sinhalese Catholics, in the Archdiocese.