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) 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) See also Catholic Church in China List of Catholic missionaries 19th-century Protestant missions in China List of Protestant missionaries in China Christianity in China Jesuit China missions Religion in China List Catholic Church in Asia Roman Catholic missionaries in China China