Archbishop André-Théophile Mélizan, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 May 1844		Born
1864¹	19.5	Professed	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
19 Oct 1868	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
8 Aug 1879	35.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
8 Aug 1879	35.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Adrana
24 Jan 1880	35.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Adrana
20 Apr 1883	38.8	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
25 Nov 1886	42.4	Appointed	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
5 Mar 1893	48.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
27 Jun 1905	61.0	Died	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for André-Théophile Mélizan
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Archbishop André-Théophile Mélizan O.M.I. (born 27 May 1844, died 27 Jun 1905) Archbishop of Colombo

Event Place
Birth Place Marseille, Diocese of Marseille, France
Ordained Bishop N.D. du Mont, Marseille, Diocese of Marseille, France

a priest for 36.6 years
a bishop for 25.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Christophe-Ernest Bonjean, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Medea
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Matthieu-Victor-Félicien Balaïn, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Nice
Bishop Isidore Clut, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Arindela

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Christophe-Ernest Bonjean, O.M.I. † (1868)
Titular Bishop of Medea
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Henri Joulain, O.M.I. † (1893)
Archbishop Antoine Coudert, O.M.I. † (1898)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Marseille, Diocese of Marseille, France
Ordained Bishop	N.D. du Mont, Marseille, Diocese of Marseille, France

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 74, and Page 217
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 327
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1880, Number 2
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 300, Ascendance
4a69: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1882, Page 252

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