List of Catholic missionaries to 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)
Andrius Rudamina S.J. (1620-1630s) - Lithuanian Jesuit missionary
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)
Francis Ferdinand de Capillas O.P. (1642–48)
Martino Martini S.J. (1640–1661)
Thomas Pereira S.J. (1645–1708)
Ferdinand Verbiest S.J. (1659)
Vittorio Riccio O.P. (1655-1662)
Caspar Castner S.J. (1696–1709)
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)
Joseph Freinademetz S.V.D. (1852-1908)
Armand David C.M. (1862–1863)
Augustin Henninghaus S.V.D (1862–1939)
Theophiel Verbist C.I.C.M. (1865)
Ephrem Giesen, Franciscan (1868-1919)
Amandina of Schakkebroek (1889)
Venerable Gabriele Allegra O.F.M. (1931)
Prosper Bernard S.J. (1938)

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