List of Catholic missionaries to China
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- 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)
