List of Roman Catholic missionaries in China

William of Rubruck (1253)
Giovanni di Monte Corvino O.F.M. (1294)
Arnold of Cologne (1303)
Andrew of Perugia (1307)
Odoric of Pordenone O.F.M. (1322)
St. Francis Xavier S.J. (1552)
Michele Ruggieri S.J. (1579)
Matteo Ricci S.J. (1582)
Alessandro Valignano S.J. (1570s-1580s)
Johann Adam Schall von Bell S.J. (1592-1666) German Jesuit missionary and astronomer
Wenceslas Pantaleon Kirwitzer S.J. (1618–1620)
Alexandre de Rhodes S.J. (1630)
Martino Martini S.J. (1640–1661)
Thomas Pereira S.J. (1645–1708)
Ferdinand Verbiest S.J. (1659)
Caspar Castner S.J. (1696–1970)
Giuseppe Castiglione S.J. (1715)
Matteo Ripa (16??-17??)
Jean Joseph Marie Amiot S.J. (1750)
Michel Benoist S.J. (1774–1775)
Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier C.M. (served 1862-1905)
Johann Baptist von Anzer S.V.D. (1851-1903)
Armand David C.M. (1862–1863)
Augustin Henninghaus S.V.D (1862-1939)
Theophiel Verbist C.I.C.M. (1865)
Amandina of Schakkebroek (1889)
Venerable Gabriele Allegra O.F.M. (1931)
Prosper Bernard S.J. (1938)

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