List of Catholic missionaries
Missionaries
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Gabriele Allegra , O.F.M. – missionary to China to translate the Bible Francisco Álvares – Portuguese missionary to Ethiopia.Saint Amand – missionary of FlandersJosé de Anchieta – Spanish missionary in BrazilAlexis Bachelot – missionary to HawaiiAlonzo de Barcena – missionary and linguistCarlos Filipe Ximenes Belo – missionary in MozambiqueJean-Rémy Bessieux – missionary to Gabon and its first bishopGiacomo Bini – Franciscan missionary to Rwanda Libert H. Boeynaems – missionary to HawaiiLuis de Bolaños – missionary who started the Indian Reductions system in ParaguayFrançois Bourgade – one of the first Christian missionaries to Muslim North AfricaJean de Brébeuf – French Jesuit martyr in Canada who wrote "Huron Carol "Luis Cancer – missionary in Hispañola, Central America and FloridaSaint Daniele Comboni – Italian bishop and missionary to AfricaPeter of Saint Joseph de Betancur – Spanish missionary in GuatemalaFather Damien – missionary to Hawaii known for working with the lepersAnton Docher – French missionary in New Mexico, defender of the Native AmericansLouis William Valentine Dubourg – missionary to the USFrancis Xavier Ford – missionary to China, martyr and Servant of God Joseph Freinademetz – nineteenth-century canonized missionary to ChinaRené Goupil – French missionary to what is now CanadaÉvariste Régis Huc – French missionary in nineteenth century ChinaIsaac Jogues – French missionary to what is now CanadaJohn of Montecorvino – Franciscan missionary to China in Medieval timesJordanus – Dominican missionary to IndiaPeter Richard Kenrick – Irish missionary to the USEusebio Kino – pioneer Jesuit missionary and explorer to what is now Baja California, Northwest Mexico, and the southwest USFermín Lasuén – founder of numerous missions in Baja CaliforniaSegundo Llorente – Spanish missionary to AlaskaJacques Marquette – missionary and explorerPeter Hildebrand Meienberg – missionary to East AfricaVictor Mosele – missionary to Sierra LeoneSaint Ninian – missionary of ScotlandMarcos de Niza – French Franciscan missionary who accompanied Francisco Vásquez de Coronado Roberto de Nobili – Jesuit missionary in India who learned Tamil and SanskritOdoric of Pordenone – Franciscan missionary to China in Medieval timesJuan de Padilla – Franciscan who accompanied CoronadoAlexander de Rhodes – French Jesuit important to the history of Christianity in VietnamMatteo Ricci – Jesuit missionary in ChinaJunípero Serra – founded the mission system of what is now the US state of CaliforniaMother Teresa – missionary to IndiaAlessandro Valignano – Italian Jesuit who supervised missions in the Far East, particularly JapanJózef Wojaczek William of Rubruck – Franciscan missionary to the MongolsFrancis Xavier – Jesuit missionary to India and JapanPadre Antonio Vieira – Portuguese Jesuit missionary to Brazil and South America, converted Indians in South America; called the Great Father of the indegian people in South America, was against the inquisition, and probably is one of the biggest converters of people to Roman Catholic faith See also
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