List of Catholic missionaries
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
